11 Elected to School Board Nominating Committee

11 candidates have been elected to join the Scarsdale School Board Nominating Committee for 2024. The following candidates were elected:

Edgewood – Shivi S. Bansal, Owen Elliott, Mimi Robinson

Fox Meadow – Adam Hellegers

Greenacres – Amadally Hosseinbukus, Lisa Purcell, Kristen Zakierski Heathcote – Ken Meyerson, Saum Shetty

Quaker Ridge – Alissa Baum, Kamala Vittal

A total of 188 votes were cast in the election: 147 in person, 42 by mail-in ballot. Vote totals by neighborhood were as follows:
Edgewood: 70 Fox Meadow: 10 Greenacres: 54 Heathcote: 32 Quaker Ridge: 22

This year’s new SBNC members will join the continuing members of the committee, each serving a three-year term on the SBNC followed by a 2-year term as part of the SBNC Administrative Committee.

The SBNC will have its first meeting on January 21, 2024, and by the end of March it will nominate 2 candidates for the Scarsdale Board of Education to fill the seats currently held by James Dugan and Jessica Resnick-Ault whose terms expire at the end of this school year.

All Scarsdale residents are welcome to propose Board of Education candidates to the SBNC chair at [email protected]. The SBNC Board of Education candidates, along with any other candidates who may choose to run, will stand for public election Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at the same time as the school budget vote.