Tarrytown Patch Voters Guide To School District Elections

TARRYTOWN, NY — New York residents are asked to vote on their local school district’s budget and board of education May 21. Here are fast facts about the election in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow.

Public Schools of the Tarrytowns

Voting information

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tarrytown residents will vote at Washington Irving Intermediate School; Sleepy Hollow residents, at Winfield L. Morse School.

Board of Education

Four candidates are vying for two seats. The candidates are Kevin Miller, Charles Zekus, Ann Neilsen and incumbent Jennifer Liddy Green.

School budget

• Proposed for 2019-20: $79 million
• Increase over current spending: 1.39 percent
• Tax levy increase: 2.44 percent

Voters are also being asked to approve a bus proposition in an amount not to exceed $182,500 for one 70-passenger school bus and one 20-passenger van. The money, if approved, will be taken from the 2018-19 unassigned fund balance and will have no financial impact on the 2019-20 budget.

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