Any Rye resident interested in being a candidate for election to the Rye City School District Board of Education may pick up a candidate’s packet at the District’s Central Administration Offices, 411 Theodore Fremd Avenue, 100S, school days between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. beginning March 29.
Any Rye resident interested in being a candidate for election to the Rye City School District Board of Education may pick up a candidate’s packet at the District’s Central Administration Offices, 411 Theodore Fremd Avenue, 100S, school days between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. beginning March 29.
Eligible candidates are those who are qualified voters in the Rye City School District who will have lived in the District for at least one year by May 17, the date of the election. A qualified voter is at least 18 years of age and a United States citizen, who cannot claim the right to vote elsewhere.
Nomination to candidacy must be made by the submission of petitions which include the names of 100 qualified voters in the Rye City School District. Petitions must be submitted no later than April 27 at 5 p.m. Blank petitions are included in candidate packets.
Two seats are up for election on the seven-member Board. The two Board of Education members whose terms conclude June 30 are eligible to run for re-election. The two candidates who receive the greatest number of votes will be elected to office. The three-year term of office begins July 1.
Questions may be directed to Elaine Cuglietto, District Clerk at 967-6100, ext. 6278.
