Dryden School District
DRYDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 2025
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District Clerk: Carrie Merriman cmerrim1@dryden.k12.ny.us
School District’s website: https://www.dryden.k12.ny.us/
School Board website: https://www.dryden.k12.ny.us/b_o_e
Number of members on the School Board: 9
Election information website:
Number of positions open: 3
https://www.dryden.k12.ny.us/Newsletters/news/four_candidates_seek_three_b_o_e_seats
Term lengths: 3 three-year terms and 1 one-year term
Candidates’ names, and public contact information (email, if available)
Christina Cushman : ChrisCushman13053@gmail.com
Leslie Debo : lesliemdebo@outlook.com
Michael Hall : Mdhall523@gmail.com
Christiane Linster : CL243@cornell.edu
Candidates’ biographical and/or platform information:
https://www.dryden.k12.ny.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_506100/File/BOE/2024-2025/DCSD_BOE_Profiles_2025.pdf
Proposition(s):
PROPOSITION 1: 2025-2026 SPENDING PLAN: Shall the following resolution be adopted, to wit: RESOLVED: That the Dryden Central School District, as recommended by the Board of Education, adopt a spending plan for the 2025-2026 school year in the amount of $48,602,723 and to levy the necessary tax therefor?
PROPOSITION 2: SCHOOL BUS BOND PROPOSITION: Shall the Bus Bond Proposition set forth in the legal notice of this meeting authorizing the purchase of school buses and other transportation vehicles at a maximum cost of $400,000 and providing that such sum shall be raised by a tax collectable in annual installments with District obligations to be issued in anticipation thereof, be approved?
PROPOSITION 3: EQUIPMENT/PUMPS/CONTROL SYSTEM – IMPROVEMENTS AT DRYDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECT
PROPOSITION: Shall the proposition set forth in the legal notice of this meeting authorizing expending up to $100,000 for improvements to the equipment, pumps and control system at the Dryden Elementary School, with up to $20,000 of such cost to be expended from the existing building capital reserve fund and the balance of such cost, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be funded by state aid available, all as more fully described in said notice, be approved?
Date when the School Board election/budget mailing was/will be sent: The Budget Newsletter is sent out as an insert in The Shopper (5/13/25 edition)
Public Forums
Meet the Candidates:
DATE: April 30, 2025
RECORDED:
https://www.dryden.k12.ny.us/b_o_e
https://youtu.be/veuOxd6g_8Q
Budget Hearing
DATE: May 12, 2025
TIME: 5:30pm
LOCATION: MS/HS Library
Budget information:
https://www.dryden.k12.ny.us/departments/business_office/budget
Voter registration deadline: Does not have to be a registered voter to vote in the school budget election.
The criteria are below:
A US Citizen
Age of 18
A resident of the Dryden Central School District for at least 30 days prior to the vote
Voting location: Auditorium
Voting times: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM