Vote on Tuesday, School Board Meeting Monday Night

Tuesday May 17 is the vote for the Scarsdale School Budget and nominees for the Scarsdale School Board.

The proposed budget for the 2016-17 school year is $150,454,297 which is a 1.63% increase over the 2015-16 school budget and would mean a tax levy increase of .63% which falls below the calculated tax cap of .81%. As the budget does not exceed the tax cap, it can pass with a simple majority vote.

The budget includes $1,251,931 for plant improvements at Edgewood and Scarsdale Middle School as well as district wide roof repairs, brick repointing and paving. That's a $496.931 increase over last year's plant improvement budget.

Also on the ballot will be nominees for the School Board who were selected by the Scarsdale School Board Nominating Committee.

Board members Leila Maude and William Natbony are on the ballot to serve second three-year terms while Nina Cannon is running for election for the first time. This year, Maude served as the President of the Board of Education and Natbony as Vice President. Read statements from the candidates here:

Voting will take place at the Scarsdale Middle School on Tuesday May 17 from 7 am to 9 pm.

A Board of Education meeting will be held on Monday night May 16th. At 7 pm the Board will hear a report from the Middle School and High School principals on Innovation Practices and Instructional Focus at the middle and high schools.

At 8 p.m. the Board will conduct a business meeting and many people with concerns about the Greenacres School are expected to speak. You can watch the session on Scarsdale Cable Television on attend the meeting in rooms 170-172 at Scarsdale High School.