DRYDEN
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION INFORMATION: TOMPKINS COUNTY
ELECTION DATE: Tuesday, MAY 21, 2024
Voting location: Dryden Middle School/High School Auditorium
Voting times: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM
The information provided below was gathered by the League of Women Voters of Tompkins County, as of May 7, 2024. To share corrections or updates, please contact lwvtompkins@gmail.com
Many thanks for the assistance provided by our School District Clerks!
DRYDEN
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: 4
Term lengths: 3 three-year terms and 1 one-year term
Candidates’ names, and public contact information (email, if available)
Tami Tabone faerieblood6@gmail.com
Justin St. Juliana jstjuli1@dryden.k12.ny.us
Bridget Flanigan blibby25@hotmail.com
Candidates’ biographical and/or platform information: Candidate bios, etc. will be listed in the budget newsletter that will be going to all community members as an insert in the Shopper on Tuesday 5/14.
Proposition(s):
1: 2024–2025 SPENDING PLAN: Shall the following resolution be adopted, to wit: That the Dryden Central School District, as recommended by the Board of Education, adopt a spending plan for the 2024-2025 school year in the amount of $47,049,383 and to levy the necessary tax therefor?
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 $552,000 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?
3. BUILDING/SITE/DOMESTIC WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS AT FREEVILLE 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 building, site and building’s domestic water system at the Freeville 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: Candidate bios, etc. will be listed in the budget newsletter that will be going to all community members as an insert in the Shopper on Tuesday 5/14.
Public forums:
Meet the Candidates
DATE: May 2, 2024
RECORDING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ifY1zk9rHI
Budget Hearing
DATE: May 13, 2024
TIME: 5:30pm
LOCATION: Dryden Middle School/High School Library
There will not be a virtual option, however it will be recorded and posted to the website the following day.
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: Dryden Middle School/High School Auditorium
Voting times: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM