The city Board of Education president and vice president are seeking new terms on the board this May, and will do so without any challenge from the school district community.
Jane Anderson, the school board president, and Jenn Boyle, the board’s vice president, announced that they will run for new three-year terms.
Anderson, who has spent the last 12 years living in Rye, is seeking her third term on the school board. She has spent the last two years as the Board of Education president and has sat on the board since 2019. She has also served as vice president for two years and been the chair of the Policy Committee.
Professionally, Anderson has been involved in the education sector, working as a human resources director in the Greenwich, Stamford, and Wilton, Conn., public schools, and also as a staff development teacher in Stamford.
She started her career in education as a fifth grade teacher in Montgomery County, Md. Anderson has a bachelor’s from Villanova University and a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania.
She also has children enrolled in Rye’s middle school and high school.
For Boyle, she has her sights set on a fourth term on the school board. Having first been elected in 2016, Boyle has already spent four years as vice president and another two years as president.
Currently, she is the chair of the Policy Committee, the board’s liaison to the school district’s Curriculum Council and the Rye Fund for Education. prior to joining the school board, Boyle was the co-chair of the active Friends of Rye City School District organization.
She previously worked in public relations for the global communications firm Edelman and has a bachelor’s from Loyola University.
Boyle has lived in Rye for 18 years and has three children who enrolled at the middle school and high school.
The uncontested election is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20. That day, residents of the school district will also vote on the $113 million school budget for the 2025-26 academic year. Voters can cast in-person ballots from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Rye Middle School gymnasium, located on Parsons Street.
