HCSD Election Less Than a Week Away

On Tuesday, May 17, voters in the Hudson City School District will go to their polling places--Hudson residents to John L. Edwards Primary School, 360 State Street; Greenport, Stockport, and Ghent residents to Greenport Pumper Company No. 1, 216 Green Street; and Claverack, Livingston, and Taghkanic residents to A. B. Shaw Firehouse, 67 NY-23 in Claverack--to approve the proposed 2016-2017 budget and to elect members of the Board of Education. 

There has been a fair amount of information available about the budget. Last week, a flier on the subject, with particulars about opportunities for students and student achievement, arrived in the mail. On Monday, HCSD superintendent Maria Suttmeier devoted her regular column in the Register-Star to explaining the budget: "Helping voters understand the district budget." 

Considerably less attention has been given to the candidates for the school board. There are three available seats on the board this election, and only two candidates--a situation that pretty much ensures both will be elected--but many voters may not know who those two candidates are. They are Sumayyah Shabazz, who currently serves on the school board after being appointed in August 2015 to fill the vacancy created when Peter Rice resigned, and Linda Hopkins. Information about the two candidates can be found on the HCSD website. Voters will have the opportunity to write in a third candidate of their choice. If you're interested in serving on the school board, there is still be time to mount a write-in campaign. You just need to get more votes than anyone else whose name is being written in.
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