School Board Candidates Talk Security: No Prison Please

Tuesday is school board election/budget approval day in the villages.

Here are the candidates talking about security issues and how they are being addressed in the schools, and how they agree they don't want safety concerns to go overboard.

For more information on the candidates covering a variety of topics, click their names to see their Q&As with Patch.

• John Paine    
  
• Jennifer Green
  
• Vincent Nadile      
  
• Carol Banino    
  

Click here to see video clips of the candidates discussing the troubles with tax cap legislation.

And again a note from board member Katharine Swibold:

REMEMBER TO VOTE ON THE SCHOOL BUDGET
MAY 21 – 7:00 AM TO 9:00 PM

TARRYTOWN VOTES AT WASHINGTON IRVING SCHOOL
SLEEPY HOLLOW VOTES AT MORSE SCHOOL

1.73% TAX LEVY INCREASE … FALLS BELOW THE TAX LEVY INCREASE CAP ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT
* Tax levy as % of school budget is currently lower than tax levy % of budget in 34 out of the 46 school districts in Westchester and Putnam Counties

* Estimated tax rate increases:
Tarrytown 1.53%
Sleepy Hollow .04%

$68.8 MILLION BUDGET (2.9% INCREASE OVER 2012-13 BUDGET)
* Maintains elementary class sizes at regionally comparable levels
* Maintains all existing programs and services
* Reflects a cost per pupil that is currently lower than the cost per pupil in 34 out of the 46 school districts in Westchester and Putnam Counties

BUS PROPOSITION WILL QUALIFY THE DISTRICT TO RECEIVE 49% STATE REIMIBURSEMENT FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FUNDS TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT BUS AND VAN BUDGET FAILURE WOULD RESULT IN THE NEED TO CUT $916,446 IN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AFFECTING ALL STUDENTS. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!      

For more information on voter registration or voting itself, check out the district website here.

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