Choose Your School Board Nominating Committee Members Today

With today's gray weather, it's hard to start thinking forward toward spring. But May's School Board elections are swiftly approaching, and it's finally time for Scarsdale to choose its School Board Nominating Committee Members (SBNC). 

Polls in the Scarsdale Middle School auditorium lobby were open from 7-10 a.m. this morning, and will continue to run from 2-9 p.m. Criteria states that voters must be a U.S. citizen, 18 or older and a Scarsdale resident of at least 30 days before the election. 

The SBNC, a panel responsible for finding and nominating Board of Education candidates, is elected by residents of their elementary school units in Scarsdale (Edgewood, Fox Meadow, Greenacres, Heathcote and Quaker Ridge). Each election unit selects six voting members (two each year) to serve staggered three-year terms. 10 voting members are elected to the 30-member SBNC each year.

This year's School Board and district budget election will be held May 15. The SBNC will nominate two candidates to fill the positions of Mary Beth Gose and Lewis Leone Jr., will be finishing their first terms and are eligible to run again. 

For more information on the SBNC, visit their official website, which contains resolution amendments, the organization's history and a calendar of upcoming events. A PDF containing candidate biographies is attached to this article.