SBNC Election Results

Elections for the Scarsdale School Board Nominating Committee were held on Tuesday January 4, 2011. Those elected will serve three-year terms on the nominating committee where they will seek out and nominate candidates to serve on the Scarsdale School Board. Following their three-year terms they will also serve on the Administrative Committee to run the elections in the following years.

A total of six nominators from each of the five elementary school areas serve on the committee, and traditionally two new people are elected each year. There are a total of 30 voting members and 4 non-voting members on the committee. Ideally four candidates run for the two open spots in each area every year, though occasionally the committee is unable to find four candidates. This year four candidates ran in Edgewood, Greenacres and Quaker Ridge, three in Fox Meadow and two in Heathcote. In Edgewood, three candidates were elected, as a former member was not able to complete his/her three-year term.

The winners from each area are as follows:

• Edgewood: Nancy Brady, Oliver Goldstein and Viveca Teuber
• Fox Meadow: Joan Bowen and Lorraine Feldman
• Greenacres: John Clapp and Diane Gluck
• Heathcote: Bennett Josselsohn and Mindy Tucker
• Quaker Ridge: Nancy Berdon and Melissa Brown-Bornstein

This year there was also a proposed amendment to the resolution that outlines the process for nominating the candidates. The proposed amendment would extend the term of the nominating committee chair and vice chair until the school board election in May. The proposed amendment passed with 294 yes votes, 21 no votes and 73 blanks.

The total vote count was 388: (Edgewood - 65, Fox Meadow - 84 , Greenacres - 103, Heathcote - 31, Quaker Ridge - 98)

Many thanks go to everyone who participated in the process -- including the members of the administrative committee for their help in managing this effort, and all the candidates. To those who did not win, the SBNC wishes to thank you for taking the time to apply and encourages you to run again next year. For those who did win, congratulations and thank you in advance for your service to Scarsdale.