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WGXC's guide to the 2013 School Budget Vote and Board Elections

May 19, 2013 11:32 pm
Election results


Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central School District
Budget passed, 437-177.
Bus purchases, 419-62.
School board: “Earl Barcomb with 417 votes and Joan Adriance with 404 votes. The third open seat on the Board of Education will be filled by Chasity McGivern who received 364 votes. McGivern will be serving until June 2014, which is the remaining term of Maureen Sikule, who resigned from the Board this April.”
Report from Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District.

Cairo-Durham Central School District
Budget fails, 598-549.
Library resolution also fails, 631-459.
School board: (Top three win) Gary Warner (921 votes), Peter Byrne (862), Dennis Burke (849), incumbent Beatrice Clappin (360), and incumbent Greg Koerner-Fox (318). Write-in candidate Dean Pectal got six votes.
Report from WNYT.

Catskill Central School District
Budget passed, 378-167.
School board: (Four seats open) Andrew Jones (383), Christine Kirch (342), Sasha Kubicek (319), and Frances McCusker (306).
Report from The Daily Mail.

Chatham Central School District
Budget passed, 331-151.
The proposition to allow a student representative to serve on the board passed, 421-60.
School board: (Four seats open) Muriel Faxon (394), Craig Simmons (355), Melody Spock (330) and Gail Behrens Day (314).
Report from the Register Star.

Coxsackie-Athens Central School District
Budget passed, 563-402.
School board: (Three winners for three seats) Michael Donahue (333) beat Mark Gerrain (327), and Lynda Aucompaugh (203). Beth Tailleur received 621 votes and Septh Garland had 495 votes; both running unopposed.
Report from Coxsackie-Athens School District.

Germantown Central School District
Budget passed, 285-83.
School Board: (One seat open) Tammi Kellenbenz (229) and Donald Coons (138).
Report from Register Star.

Greenville Central School District
Budget passed, 590-383.
Library resolution passed, 474 to 290.
School board: (Top two win) Jennifer Warga Howard (538 votes), Kristin Turon (482), Tom Connolly (358), Duncan Mcpherson (351), and Steven King (185)
Report from Tom Connolly.

Hudson City School District
Budget passed, 614-431
School board: (Top two win) Tiffany Martin Hamilton (506), *Lynn Lee (404), Joseph E. Carr (386), Scott diMonda (273) and Jaclyn Rose Bruntfield (270).
*Note: Although Lee placed second in the voting, because she is an employee of the school district she is ineligible to assume the seat under state law.
Report from Lynn Sloneker.

Ichabod Crane Central School District
Budget passed, 951-703
Voters authorized the purchase of six buses for $376,000 (971-663).
School board: (Top three win) Anthony Welcome (1,202), Tricia Gerkman (953), Kyle Aschenbrenner (908) and Regina Rose (885).
Report from Register Star.

Hunter-Tannersville Central School District
Budget passed, 283-209.
School bus purchase proposition passed, 269-220.
Hunter Public Library fund proposition failed, 236-249.
School board: (One winner) Melissa Glennon (175), Erika Haines (172), and Carl Ruoff (142).
Report from Hunter-Tannersville School District.

New Lebanon Central School District
Budget passed, 231-53.
The $1.2 million bus garage renovation projection was approved (202-74).
School board: (Top three win) Sharon Esposito (175), Tim Lambert (172), Sharon Putnam (172), Raymond Sowalski (121) and Alexis McDonald (97).
Report from the Register Star.

Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District
Budget passed, 1665-622.
Bus passed, 1433-746.
Capital Reserve passed 1417-737
School board: (Top two) Jason Hyslop (1,851), Patrick Brown (1,841), James Latter 1,821.
Report from Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk School District.

Taconic Hils Central School District
Budget passed, 352-101.
Proposition to purchase a transportation vehicle passed (333-107). Proposition to allow a non-voting student representative on the board was passed (352-101).
School board: (Three seats available; all write-in candidates) Robert Piper (110), Kevin Maisenbacher (106) and Donald McComb (69).
Report from the Register Star.

Taconic Hills results released (May 23)

Nathan Mayberg reports in the Register Star on the details of the recent Taconic Hills Board of Education election. Unlike all other school board elections in Columbia County, no names appeared on the Taconic Hills ballot, Tues., May 21. The three-seat race was a write-in vote. The top vote getter was Robert Piper, a carpenter by trade and longtime board meeting attendee, who received 110 votes. Piper estimates he has attended nearly 95 percent of all board meetings held in the past 16 years. He laments the burden placed on the district by what he calls, “unfunded state mandates” and advocates for the elimination of the Regents exams. Board of Education incumbents Kevin Maisenbacher and Donald McComb finished second and third in the race. In all, 47 different people received votes. Of those names, more than 30 were written in just once. Read the full story in the Register Star.

Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District
Budget passed, 229-75.
School board: Incumbent President Debra Bunce (185), William Lonecke (125).
Report from The Daily Mail.


Details of the budget vote and board elections in Columbia and Green counties, Tues., May 21.
Columbia County

Chatham Central School District (392-2400)

  • Polls open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, in the Mary E. Dardess Elementary School gymnasium.

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $29,175,016, with a tax levy increase of 3.6 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect candidates to fill four open seats on the Board of Education, as well as decide on a proposition to allow a student representative to sit on the Board as a non-voting member.

  • Board candidates are: Muriel Faxon; Craig Simmons; Gail Behrens Day; and, Melony Spock.


Germantown Central School District (537-6281)

  • Polls open 12 p.m. (noon) to 9 p.m., Tuesday, in the Germantown Central School, Main St. Lobby

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $13,535,368, with a tax levy increase of 2 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect a candidate to fill one open seat on the Board of Election.

  • Board candidates are: Tammi Kellenbenz and Donald Coons.


Hudson City School District (828-4360)

  • Polls open 12 p.m. (noon) to 9 p.m., Tuesday at four locations: John L. Edwards Primary School; Greenport Pumper Company #1; Claverack Fire House; Stockport Town Hall; and, Livingston Town Hall.

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $43,416,302, with a tax levy increase of 4.79 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect candidates to fill two open seats on the Board of Education.

  • Board candidates are: Jaclyn Rose Bruntfield; Joseph E. Carr; Scott diMonda; Tiffany Martin Hamilton; and, Lynn Lee.


For more on the Hudson Board of Education race, listen to the "Hudson School District School Board Candidate Forum," sponsored by Time & Space Limited and WGXC Tues., May 14 at TSL. Click here to listen or download. PLAY RECORDING

Ichabod Crane Central School District (758-7575)

  • Polls open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday in the Ichabod Crane High School gymnasium.

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $34,911,862, with a tax levy increase of 2.9 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect candidates to fill three open seats on the Board of Education, as well as authorize the purchase of six school buses, with the cost not to exceed $376,000.

  • Board candidates are: Kyle Aschenbrenner; Tricia Gerkman; Regina Rose; and, Anthony Welcome.


New Lebanon Central School District (794-7600)

  • Polls open from 12 p.m. (noon) to 9 p.m. in the Walter B. Howard Elementary School gym.

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $12,440,790, with a tax levy increase of 0 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect candidates to fill three open seats on the Board of Education, as well as approve a $1.2 million capital project, the restoration and renovation of the district bus garage.

  • Board candidates are: Martha Esposito; Tim Lambert; Alexis McDonald; Sharon Putnam; and, Raymond Sowalski.


Taconic Hills Central School District (325-2890)

  • Polls open from 12 p.m. (noon) to 9 p.m., in the Veterans' Community Room on the Taconic Hills campus.

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $35,184,561, with a tax levy increase of 1.98 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect candidates to fill three open seats on the Board of Education, to decide on a proposition to allow an ex officio student representative to sit on the Board as a non-voting member and to authorize the purchase of one van/small vehicle, with the cost not to exceed $46,352.70.

  • Write-in board election. No candidate names appear on the ballot.


Greene County

Cairo-Durham Central School District (622-8534)

  • Polls open from 12 p.m. (noon) to 9 p.m., in the Cairo-Durham Middle School cafeteria.

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $27,774,958, with a tax levy increase of 4.23 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect candidates to fill three open seats on the Board of Education and to authorize an increase in the appropriation for the support and maintenance of the Cairo Public Library to $18,870.

  • Board candidates are: Beatrice Clappin; Dennis Burke; Peter Byrne; Greg Koerner-Fox; and, Gary Warner.


For more information on the Cairo-Durham Board of Education race, listen to the two candidate forums held last week. The "Cairo-Durham Central School District School Board Candidate Forum," held Wed., May 15, at Cairo Library, sponsored by the Mid-Hudson League of Women Voters and WGXC. Click here to listen or download. PLAY RECORDING. Also,"Meet the Candidates Night," sponsored by the Cairo-Durham High School Participation in Government Class, recorded Fri., May 17, at the Cairo High School Media Center by Tim Fisher. Click here to listen or download. PLAY RECORDING (1:39:51)

Catskill Central School District (943-4696)

  • Polls open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., in the Catskill High School gymnasium.

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $39,353,968, with a tax levy increase of 2 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect candidates to fill two open seats on the Board of Education.

  • Board candidates are: Christine E. Kirch; Andrew Jones; Sasha Kubicek; and, Frances McCusker.


Coxsackie-Athens Central School District (731-1710)

  • Polls open from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Coxsackie Elementary and E.J. Arthur Elementary schools.

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $27,518,296, with a tax levy increase of 3.25 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect candidates to fill three open seats on the Board of Education.

  • Board candidates are: Lynda Aucompaugh; Michael Donahue; Joseph “Seph” Garland; Mark Gerrain; and, Beth Tailleur..


Greenville Central School District (966-5070)

  • Polls open from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Scott M. Ellis Elementary School.

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $27,519,845, with a tax levy increase of 3.8 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect candidates to fill two open seats on the Board of Education, and to authorize an increase in the appropriation for the support and maintenance of the Rensselaerville Public Library to $20,910.

  • Board candidates are: Thomas Connelly; Jennifer Warga Howard; Steven King; Duncan Mcpherson; and, Kristin Turon.


For more information on the Greenville Central School District School Board Candidate Forum, held Thurs., May 16, at Greenville High Auditorium, and sponsored by Greenville Elem. PTA and PTSA, and Albany County League of Women Voters, click here to listen or download. PLAY RECORDING.

Hunter-Tannersville Central School District (589-5400)

  • Polls open from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Hunter Elementary School.

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $13,864,094, with a tax levy increase of 3.99 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect one candidate to fill an open seat on the Board of Education.

  • Board candidates are: Melissa Glennon; Erica Haines; and, Carl Ruoff.


Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District (734-3400)

  • Budget voting will take place from 1 to 9 p.m. in the Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School cafetorium.

  • The 2013-14 budget totals $11,365,683, with a tax levy increase of 3.22 percent.

  • Voters will be asked to elect one candidate to fill an open seat on the Board of Education.

  • Board candidates are: Debra Bunce and William Lonecke.


MORE INFORMATION

WGXC's Lynn Sloneker talks about the May 21 school budget vote and board elections. Click here to listen or download. PLAY RECORDING