Schools
WATCH: Chappaqua School District Counts Votes
The new coronavirus pandemic forced this year's absentee-ballot-only vote.

NEW CASTLE, NY — Chappaqua school officials will begin counting ballots in the district budget and school board vote at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
District administrators have provided several ways to follow along online or by phone.
Board of Education
There are five candidates running for two seats on the Board of Education: School trustees serve three year terms and are unpaid.
Find out what's happening in Chappaqua-Mount Kiscofor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Jeffrey Mester
- Joshua Shapiro
- Jane Kimmel Shepardson (incumbent)
- Deborah Smith
- Victoria Bayard Tipp (incumbent)
School budget
- Proposed for 2020-21: $128,237,168
- Increase over current spending: 1.65 percent
- Tax levy increase: 1.49 percent
Library Budget
- Proposed: $3,314,162
- Tax levy: 4.38 percent
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