Rye and Rye Brook School Election Primer

BLIND BROOK - RYE Union Free School District

School Board Candidates:

Vote for TWO members of the Board of Education (3-year terms ending 6/30/2014).

Budget Highlights:

• The 2010-2011 budget adopted by the school board is $39,587,509.
• This represents a 0.70 percent budget-to-budget increase from last year or $276,815 increase in spending.
• This represents a 0.70 percent increase in the tax levy and a proposed 9.63 percent increase in the homestead tax rate.
• The budget includes a reduction of 11.6 full-time equivalent positions.

More details on the budget, including the budget presentation can be found here. 

Voting:

Voting for both the school board trustees and the annual budget will be held on Tues. May 17, from 7 am – 9 pm at this location:

• the Old Gym at the Ridge Street School, 390 North Ridge Street.

RYE CITY School District

School Board Candidates:

• Karen Belanger
• Edward Fox

Vote for TWO members of the Board of Education (3-YEAR TERMS ENDING 6/30/2014).

Bios of each candidate can be found .

Budget Highlights:

•     This represents a 3.14 percent budget-to-budget increase from last year.
•     This represents a 1.78 percent increase in the tax levy or an estimated tax rate increase of 2.52 percent.

The district's budget summary can be found here. Read the 2011 budget newsletter, here.

Voting:

Voting for both the school board trustees and the annual budget will be held on Tues. May 17, from 7 am – 9 pm at this location: