SBNC Announces Election Results
- Wednesday, 14 January 2015 16:40
- Last Updated: Thursday, 15 January 2015 15:45
- Published: Wednesday, 14 January 2015 16:40
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The results of the Scarsdale School Board Nominating Committee are in. Here are the candidates who were elected on Tuesday, January 13th to join the Scarsdale School Board Nominating Committee:
Edgewood: Moira Ann Crouch and Daniel Moretti
Fox Meadow: Liz Guggenheimer and Pam Rubin
Greenacres: Elyse Mall Klayman and Terri Simon
Heathcote: Qing (Claire) He, Sarah Persily and Jacqueline Irwin (2-year term)
Quaker Ridge: Jonathan Birenbaum and Lauren Rimland
There were 431 total votes cast in the election. Fox Meadow had the highest number of voters with 200 ballots cast, followed by Heathcote with 94 ballots cast, Greenacres with 51, Quaker Ridge with 47 and Edgewood with 39. This compares favorably to last year's 525 votes, a record number with five fully contested elections.
This year's eleven new SBNC members will join nineteen others already on the committee serving staggered three-year terms. The committee will have its first meeting on Sunday, January 25th and by the end of March will nominate two candidates for the Scarsdale Board Education to fill the seats currently held by Mary Beth Gose and Lewis Leone, Jr. Ms. Gose and Mr. Leone are completing their second terms and neither is 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 at the same time as the School Budget vote in May 2015.