Proposed $359M New Rochelle School Budget On The Ballot May 20

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The 2025 budget and school board vote is May 20, and two seats are up for election on the New Rochelle Board of Education.

The proposed spending plan of $359,468,597 is 3.45 percent higher than the current budget.

The tax levy is expected to rise 3.95 percent. Since the property tax cap limit is exceeded by 0.33 percent, a 60 percent majority is needed.

"Over the past several years, a combination of financial pressures — including the lingering effects of COVID, lower-than-allowable tax levies, rising costs in health care and transportation, past use of district reserves, and the introduction of a new charter school — has created a signifcant budget deficit," Superintendent Corey W. Reynolds said.

Proposition #2 on the ballot will ask voters whether the district should use $1 to purchase property adjacent to New Rochelle High School (Clove Road and Flandreau Avenue) from the City of New Rochelle.

Two board seats will be up for election, for five-year terms.

Candidates running include: Myriam Decime, Elana Jacob, Jessica Klein, Rosa Rivera-McCutchen, and Keith Singletary.

In addition, current library board member Corey Galloway is running for a five-year term.

The New Rochelle Public Library is proposing a $7,377,667 budget, which is a 4.66 percent increase in the tax levy, amounting to $19.44 per household for the "average taxpayer."

The League of Women Voters hosted a candidate forum on May 12 to allow the candidates to make their cases directly to the voters. A recording of the forum with questions submitted by the public can be found here.

More information on the candidates can also be found here.