• Candidate Packet Letter

• School Board Member Qualifications

• School Board Member's Role

• Prospective Board Members Workshop Flyer 2024

• Running for School Board 2024

• School Board Member Frequently Asked Questions

• 2024-2025 Board Member Seat Petition - Nomination Form

• Policy 2120 School Board Election Policy

• Policy 2120.1 School Board Election Policy

• Statement Campaign Finances

If I am interested in running for School Board, what information do I need to know?
In addition to voting on the proposed budget, district residents vote to elect Board of Education members each year.

There is one Board of Education seat that will expire on June 30th, the seat currently held by Stacey Kuhn. If you are interested in running for the School Board, nomination petitions are now available online, please see above links. Candidates must hand submit required information by 5:00 p.m. on April 22 to the District Clerk.

If you have any questions regarding the election or budget, please feel free to email the District Clerk at District Clerk email address

Board of Education Election (Board seat) Criteria: All candidates must file a petition and meet the following:

• Must be able to read and write

• Must be a qualified voter of the district, that is, he/she must be a citizen of the United States

• At least 18 years or older

• Not be a convicted felon or have been adjudged incompetent

• Must be and has been a resident of the district for at least one year prior to the election but need not be a taxpayer

• Maybe the only member of his/her family on the school board (defined as those within the same household)

• May not simultaneously hold another incompatible public office

• Must not have been removed from a school district office within one year of the election

• May not be a current employee of the district

2024 Budget Vote and Election Information:

Proposed Budget - 3.14.24

Budget Presentation - 3.14.24

Published April 2, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE: BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION ELDRED CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Eldred Central School District will hold a Budget Hearing at the Junior Senior High School, 600 Route 55, Eldred, New York, in said district on Thursday, May 9th, 2024 at 6:00 pm (Prevailing time) for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof proposed by the Board of Education for the school year July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025.

NOTICE IS GIVEN pursuant to Section 1616 of the Education Law, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which may be required for the following year for school purposes, exclusive of public money, and the Real Property Tax Exemption Report annexed to the budget of which it forms a part, may be obtained by any resident in the District at the District Office, 600 State Route 55, Eldred, NY, and at each of the two school buildings in the District:  The George Ross Mackenzie Elementary School, Glen Spey, NY, and the Eldred Junior/Senior High School, 600 State Route 55, Eldred, NY during the 14 days immediately preceding the annual budget vote and election, between the hours of 8:00 am and 2:00 pm prevailing time, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday, together with the text of any proposition to be presented to the voters, and will also be available at any public or free association library in the District and on the District website.  A copy of the detailed statement of estimated expenditures will also be made available at the Budget Hearing to be held May 9th, 2024.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Annual Vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the 2024-25 school year and the election of members of the Board of Education and any other business that may legally come before this meeting will take place on May 21, 2024, between the hours of 11:00 am and 9:00 pm prevailing time, at the Eldred Junior/Senior High School, 600 State Route 55, Eldred, NY.

NOTICE IS GIVEN:  that any qualified voter who desires to submit any proposition to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting and Election, except as to a question or proposition required by law to be stated in the published or posted notice of meeting, shall file with the Board of Education a petition setting forth such proposition, not less than 30 days  (by 5:00 pm on Monday, April 22, 2024) prior to the Annual District Budget Vote and Election and such petition shall be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District.

NOTICE IS GIVEN:  that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education must be filed with the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00 am and 2:00 pm, prevailing time and no later than Monday, April 22, 2024 at 5:00 pm.  Nominating petitions are “at large” to fill one (1) Board seat for a four-year term effective July 1, 2024 and expiring on June 30, 2028.

The following “at large” vacancy is to be filled by the Board of Education: One - four-year term (position of Stacey Kuhn)  

Candidates for office of member of the Board of Education shall be nominated by petition and each petition must be filed with the Clerk of the District, shall be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District.  The petition shall state the residence of each signer and shall state the name and physical residence of the candidate.  No person shall be nominated by petition for more than one separate vacancy.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the following propositions will appear on the ballot:

PROPOSITION NO. 1

Shall the following resolution be approved?

The annual budget of the Eldred Central School District for the fiscal year 2024-2025 is hereby adopted and the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the School District is hereby authorized.

RESOLVED:  that the Board of Education of the Eldred Central School District, Sullivan County, be authorized to make the expenditures shown in the budget presented by the Board of Education for the 2024-2025 school year.

PROPOSITION NO. 2

Shall the following resolution be approved?

That the Board of Education of the Eldred Central School District is hereby authorized to levy taxes annually, to pay over such monies to the Board of Trustees of the Sunshine Hall Free Library.

RESOLVED:  that the Board of Education of the Eldred Central School District, Sullivan County, be authorized to make the expenditures shown in the budget presented by the Board of Education on behalf of Sunshine Hall Free Library for the 2024-2025 school year.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that pursuant to section 2014 of the Education Law, Personal Registration of voters is required, and no person shall be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and Election to be held on May 21, 2024 whose name does not appear on the register of the District or who does not register as hereinafter provided, except a person who is otherwise qualified to vote and is registered under the provisions of Article 5 of the Election Law.   The times and place of registration are set forth below, and any person shall be entitled to have that person’s name placed upon such register, if that person is known or proven to the satisfaction of the District Clerk, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such register is prepared.

The District Clerk shall prepare a register for said Annual Meeting and Election which shall include all persons who shall have presented themselves personally for registration for any annual budget vote and election or special district meeting or election and who shall have voted at any Annual or Special Meeting or Election conducted at any time during the 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 calendar years.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that Personal Registration may be achieved on any day, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm prevailing time at the Eldred Central School District Office, 600 State Route 55, Eldred, NY up until Thursday, May 16, 2024.

NOTICE IS GIVEN:  that the register of the district, so prepared, will be filed in the office of the School District Clerk at the Eldred CSD District Office, 600 State Route 55, Eldred, NY, where the same shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the district on each of the five (5) days prior to the Annual Meeting and Election, weekdays between the hours of 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, prevailing time or Saturday by pre-arranged appointment only. Said register will be open for inspection at the Eldred Junior/Senior High School, 600 State Route 55, Eldred, NY during the hours of the Annual Meeting and Election.

NOTICE IS GIVEN: at the Annual Meeting and Election on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at the Eldred Junior/Senior High School, 600 State Route 55, Eldred, NY, between the hours of 11:00 am and 9:00 pm, prevailing time, where and when the Annual Meeting and Election will be held for the purpose of preparing a register of the school district for meetings or elections held subsequent to such Annual Meeting and Election.

NOTICE IS GIVEN: that applications for Early Mail Ballots and Absentee Ballots may be obtained at the Office of the District Clerk.  The completed application for Early Mail Ballot or Absentee Ballot must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than 30 days before and no later than 7 days before the election (by May 9, 2024) at 3:00 pm, prevailing time, if the ballot will be mailed to the voter.  If the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or the voter’s designated agent set forth in the application, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than Monday, May 20th, 2024 at 3:00 pm, prevailing time.  Early Mail Ballots and Absentee Ballots must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 pm prevailing time on May 21, 2024.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2018-a of the Education Law, qualified voters who meet the criteria for “permanently disabled” and are so certified by the Sullivan County Board of Elections, will receive paper ballots by mail.  A list of all persons to whom Early Mail Ballots and a list of all person to whom Absentee Ballots shall have been issued, as well as a list of Military Voter to whom Military Ballots shall have been issued,  will be available for public inspection in the office of the District Clerk on each of the five (5) days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting and Election, weekdays between the hours of 8:00 am and 2:00 pm, prevailing time, until the day of the Annual Meeting and Election   Any qualified voter may file a written challenge of the qualifications of a voter, whose name appears on any such list, stating the reasons for the challenge.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that Military Voters who are not currently registered to vote may register as a qualified voter of the District by contacting the District Clerk at 600 State Route 55, Eldred, NY 12732; Telephone (845) 456-1009 or email: sibirtzeffl@eldred.k12.ny.us, to receive an application to register as a qualified voter of the District for the Annual Meeting on May 21, 2024.  The Military Voter may indicate their preference for receiving the registration application by mail, by facsimile or email.  The application to register must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on April 25, 2024.  The register of voters prepared and filed in the District Clerk’s office shall include the names of all military voters who submit a valid military voter registration.  A military voter means a qualified voter of New York State who is in actual military service and will, therefore, be absent from the District in which he or she is qualified to vote on the day of registration or election or is discharged from military service within 30 days of an election or a spouse, parent, child or dependent of the military voter if a qualified voter of New York State and a resident of the same school district as the military voter or military personnel residing on a military base within a school district in New York State for a period of 30 days immediately preceding the election.

Military Voters who are qualified voters of the District may obtain an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk at 600 State Route 55, Eldred, NY 12732; Telephone (845) 456-1009 or email: sibirtzeffl@eldred.k12.ny.us by no later than 5:00 PM on April 25, 2024.  The Military Voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application for a military ballot by mail, by facsimile or email.  Military ballots will be mailed or otherwise distributed no later than 25 days before the election.  Military ballots must be received by the District Clerk (1) before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the U.S postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the U.S. government or (2) by 5:00 PM on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereof, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election

Eldred Central School District - Eldred, New York - Lisa Sibirtzeff, District Clerk