SBNC Announces Election Results: Here Are the Winners

There was a strong turnout for the Scarsdale School Board Nominating Committee election, held on Tuesday, January 17th. A total of 528 votes were cast, up from 381 votes in 2011. Fox Meadow had the highest number of voters, with 138 ballots cast. Greenacres had the fewest ballots cast with 76 voters. Heathcote had 108 voters, Quaker Ridge had 105 and Edgewood had 101 ballots cast.

The following candidates were chosen to join the Scarsdale School Board Nominating Committee:

• Edgewood: Kathryn Conlon and Mary Beth Evans
• Fox Meadow: Diane Baylor and Mary Lou D’Silva
• Greenacres: Dana Matsushita and Barry Meiselman
• Heathcote: Amy Cohen Bauman and Peggy DaSilva
• Quaker Ridge: Debbie Hochberg and Tracy Nathanson

In addition, all six proposed amendments to the SBNC governing document were approved by voters. Details on these amendments can be found at: http://scarsdalesbnc.com/press/

This year’s ten new SBNC members will join twenty others already on the committee serving staggered three-year terms. The first committee meeting will be held on Sunday, January 22, 2012, and by the end of March the committee will nominate two candidates for the Scarsdale Board of Education. Lewis Leone and Mary Beth Gose are completing their first terms on the Board of Education and are eligible for re-nomination. The SBNC Board of Education candidates, along with any other candidates who may choose to run, will be up for public election along with the School Budget on May 15.

Photo Above: SBNC Procedure Committee handcounting the votes. Photo credit: Nan Berke