Residents statewide go to the polls Tue., May 21, to vote on school district budgets for the 2019-20 school year and to elect school board members. Although school budgets have a significant impact on a property owner's tax bill, turnout is typically low for these votes. The 12 districts In Columbia and Greene counties are proposing an average tax levy increase of 2.03 percent, down from 2.48 percent last year. The tax fluctuations vary from a 4.42 percent tax levy increase in the Germantown Central School District, to a 0 percent increase in the New Lebanon district. With the exception of New Lebanon, all local districts are increasing the tax levy. Also on the ballot — school board elections and other propositions, including the purchase of school buses (Cairo-Durham, Catskill, Greenville and Taconic Hills) and library support (Catskill and Greenville). A list of polling times and locations is available at WGXC [dot] org [slash] Newsroom.

Columbia County
Chatham Central School District
9 a.m. to 9 p.m., at Mary E. Dardess Elementary School (50 Woodbridge Ave., Chatham).
Germantown Central School District
12 p.m. (noon) to 9 p.m. at Germantown Central School lobby (123 Main St., Germantown).
Hudson City School District
12 p.m. (noon) to 9 p.m. at Hudson Central Fire Station (77 N. Seventh St., Hudson); Greenport Community Center (500 Town Hall Dr., Hudson); and A.B. Shaw Fire House (67 NY Route 23, Claverack).
Ichabod Crane Central School District
8 a.m. to 9 p.m., at Ichabod Crane High School gymnasium (2910 U.S. 9, Valatie).
New Lebanon Central School District
12 p.m. (noon) to 9 p.m. at Walter B. Howard Elementary gymnasium (1478 Route 20, New Lebanon).
Taconic Hills Central School District
12 p.m. (noon) to 9 p.m. at Taconic Central School, Vets Room (73 County Route 11A, Craryville).

Greene County
Cairo-Durham Central School District
12 p.m. (noon) to 9 p.m. at Cairo-Durham Middle School cafeteria (1301 NY-145, Cairo).
Catskill Central School District
1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Catskill High School gymnasium (343 West Main St., Catskill).
Coxsackie-Athens Central School District
1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Coxsackie Elementary School (24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie) and E.J. Arthur Elementary School (51 3rd St, Athens).
Greenville Central School District
1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Scott M. Ellis Elementary School cafeteria (4976 NY-81, Greenville).
Hunter-Tannersville Central School District
1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Hunter Elementary School (7794 Main Street, Hunter).
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District
1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Windham-Ashland-Jewett School cafeteria (Main St., Windham).