The Hudson School District has its candidates for the upcoming May 17 school board of education election with no races this year. Peter A. Rice, Jr., appointed to fill a vacant seat last September, will be filling out a three-year term while Jeri Chapman and Racquel "Kelly" Frank are running to fill the seats of Emil Meister, the current board president, and Mary Keeler Daly, who was elected last May to fill out a single remaining year on a board term. Both seats are for five years. The 2011-12 Hudson City School District budget, as approved by the Board of Education, April 11, totals $41,249,180 (an increase of less than one percent) representing a 9.8 percent tax levy increase (with major losses in state school aid). For a comprehensive report on, and analysis of the spending plan up for a vote on May 17 see Lynn Sloneker's Unmuffled blog report here.