GHENT–With all of the six school districts in the county reporting, each of the districts’ annual budgets has won approval by a wide margin. Eight of 10 ballot propositions were also endorsed by voters, including capital projects in the Chatham and Taconic Hills districts. But in each of those districts voters rejected plans for supplemental capital spending proposals.
There were contested school board seats in three districts: Germantown, Ichabod Crane and Taconic Hills. In Germantown, where voters approved the $14.8-million budget proposition by 236 to 91, Heather Schultz had the highest vote tally with 244 votes. The other seat went to incumbent board member Donald Coons, with 159 votes. The third candidate in the race, Andrew Soltano, received 135 votes.
Voters in the Ichabod Crane (Kinderhook) Central School District picked three school board members from among four candidates: John Antalek, 698 votes; Regina Rose, 680; Jessica Berner, 583.
In Taconic Hill, where the budget cruised to victory 710 to 262, David Baylen won the most votes in the three-way race for two seats, with 566. Terry Sullivan won the other seat with 509. There were five open seats on the Chatham school board and four incumbents on the ballot. The fifth seat was won by Graham Button, who received 77 write-in ballots and will serve a one-year term ending June 30, 2019.
SCHOOL VOTE RESULTS
Chatham
Proposed Budget
($31,936,305)
x Yes 600
No 257
Board candidates (5 seats)
x Denise Barry 632
x Beth Hover 583
x David O’Connor 604
x Patricia Wilson 569
x Graham Button (write-in) 77
Proposition 2:
$9.7mil. Capital Project
x Yes 613
No 244
Proposition 3:
$1.2 mil. Security Cameras
Yes 402
x No 458
Germantown
Proposed Budget
($14,892,359)
x Yes 236
No 91
Board candidates (2 seats)
x Donald Coons 159
x Heather Schultz 244
Andrew Soltano 135
Proposition 2:
$3 mil Capital Reserve Fund
x Yes 229
No 97
Hudson
Proposed Budget
($48,769,728)
x Yes 308
No 187
Board candidates (2 seats)
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x Willette Jones 357 x Lucinda Segar 363 |
Proposition 2:
$715,000 transfer to
Repair Reserve Fund
x Yes 328
No 152
Ichabod Crane
Proposed Budget
($40,190,782)
x Yes 747
No 292
Board candidates (3 seats)
x John Antalek 698
x Jessica Berner 583
Brendan Caluneo 548
x Regina Rose 680
Proposition 2:
$476,020 bus purchases
x Yes 749
No 292
Proposition 3:
$5 mil. Capital Reserve Fund
x Yes 763
No 272
New Lebanon
Proposed Budget
($12,519,094)
x Yes 158
No 23
Board candidates (2 seats)
x Michael Brutsch 154
x William Buckenroth 158
Taconic Hills
Proposed Budget
($38,739,392)
x Yes 710
No 262
Board candidates (2 seats)
x David Baylen 566
Joseph Costa 500
x Theresa “Terry” Sullivan 509
Proposition 3:
$7.1 mil. for Capital Improvement Project
x Yes 635
No 341
Proposition 4:
$6.6 mil. Capital Improvement
Project north sports complex
x Yes 311
No 660
Proposition 5:
$404,800 for 5 school buses
x Yes 704
No 265
Proposition 6:
$118,836 from fund balance to replace bus lift
x Yes 760
No 197