Schools
Chappaqua School Board Candidates To Speak At Forum
Six candidates, who are vying for two seats on the Chappaqua school board, will appear at a League of Women Voters forum.
CHAPPAQUA, NY - All six Chappaqua school board candidates will gather next Tuesday, May 9, for a forum at the Chappaqua Library.
The forum will be moderated by the League of Women Voters of New Castle, which has run the annual event in previous years. It will be held at 7 p.m.
Two seats on the board are up for election: those currently held by Victoria Tipp and Karen Visser.
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Tipp, who is currently the board's vice president, is running for another term, while Visser declined to do so.
The five challengers are Rhonda Kaufman, who made an unsuccessful bid last year; Dean Rock; Jane Kimmel Shepardson; Leah Heiss; and Sanford M. Benardo.
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The election comes as Chappaqua is reeling with the fallout from the sex-abuse scandal involving former Horace Greeley High School drama teacher Christopher Schraufnagel.
Voting will take place at Greeley on Tuesday, May 16 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Photo: Patch file image of Horace Greeley High School, where voting will take place
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