2023 School Voters Guide: Croton-on-Hudson

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY — Voters around Westchester County will be going to the polls Tuesday to approve their school district's budget, including the Croton-Harmon district.

Also on the ballot are elections for school board members. Three trustee seats are up for election. The candidates are Trustees Neal Haber and Sarah Carrier — seeking re-election — and Anamika Bhatnagar.

Voters in the district are being asked to approve an $56,174,983 spending plan for the 2023-24 fiscal year. That represents a budget increase of 6.65 percent.

New faculty positions include two at Croton-Harmon High School, a physics teacher which will allow for the design and creation of several new interdisciplinary courses and a music teacher for regular, small-group instrumental music instruction; an art teacher at Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School to help students expand creative and problem-solving skills through the Innovation and Design (InDe) Lab; and an instructional Coach at CET Elementary School to help teachers develop and implement innovative lessons and receive peer feedback on instructional practices. See more information here.

There are two other propositions on the ballot.

Proposition 2 is for vehicles. It includes the purchase of five vehicles using existing funds and reserves. If approved, there would be no impact to taxes and no additional debt would be incurred. The district’s CHUFSD Vehicle Capital Reserve will be used to purchase one (1) 66-passenger electric school bus, plus additional funds to pay for infrastructure and charging station improvements. If approved, there would be no impact to taxes and no additional debt would be incurred.

The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Croton Harmon High School gym.