Mount Vernon Voters To Decide On 2018-19 School Budget

MOUNT VERNON, NY — Voters in the Mount Vernon city school district will be going to the polls Tuesday, May 15 to have their say on the budget for the 2018-19 school year. There are also three seats open on the Board of Education.

The proposed spending package is $251,979,860, up only 0.89 percent from the current year.

Highlights of the spending plan include:

• Five new pre-K classrooms, pre-K director, teachers, and staff
• Facilities, safety upgrades inclusive of fire alarms, exit lights, security systems
• Building restoration of Edward Williams School, including auditorium
• Complete restoration of Columbus School auditorium
• Vernon High School Culinary Arts kitchen renovation
• Phase 2 of the District’s reconfiguration to neighborhood pre-K-8 buildings

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday:

• Lincoln School, 170 East Lincoln Ave. (EDs # 1, 2, 21)
• Cecil H. Parker School, 461 South 6th Ave. (EDs # 4, 12)
• Hamilton School, 20 Oak St. (EDs #5, 10, 19, 24)
• Traphagen School, 72 Lexington Ave. (EDs # 6A, 6B, 8)
• Edward Williams School, 9 Union Lane (EDs # 7, 18)
• Grimes Elementary School, 58 South 10th Ave. (EDs # 22, 27)
• Graham School, 421 East 5th St. (EDs # 9, 13, 23)
• Rebecca Turner Elementary School, 625 4th Ave. (EDs # 14, 20)
• Mount Vernon High School, 100 California Rd. (EDs # 11, 16, 26)
• Holmes School, 195 North Columbus Ave. (EDs # 17, 25)

Call the District office at (914) 665-5866 if you’re unsure where you should vote.