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Prospective Board Member Packet

Prospective Board Members  Information

 

New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) provides information for community members about being on a school board.  For a full list of the publications, please go to NYSSBA website

NYSSBA -New School Board Member Handbook

NYSSBA - 2025 Running for the School Board:  What all prospective school board members should know

NYSSBA - The School Board Member Experience - https://www.nyssba.org/clientuploads/nsbmx/
If you’re thinking about running for the board, not sure yet, or just got elected, then you’ve come to the right place. Here you’ll find a wealth of information about school board service – from considering whether or not to be a school board candidate, to running for school board, to serving your first term.

Dutchess County School Boards Association Sponsored Workshop- Scheduled for Saturday, March 15, 2025, 9:00 am to 11:00 am. at DC BOCES Conference Center.  Refreshments will be served.  To register, email [email protected].  Meeting materials will be emailed prior to the meeting.      

Anyone considering running for election to a local school board is invited to attend this annual workshop.  Current school board members and a superintendent of schools will join a school attorney to give a broad perspective of the role of a school board member.  There is no fee for this workshop, however, registration is requested. 

 

Prospective Board Member Packets are now available for pick up.

District Clerks Office (located in the District office)
8:00 am - 3:00 pm; or by appointment 
Rhinebeck High School/Bulkeley Middle School 
45 N. Park Road, Rhinebeck 

The Candidate Petition is due by 5:00 pm on Monday, April 21, 2025.  

If you have any questions, please contact the District Clerk, Whitney Druker at 845-871-5520 ext. 5522

For the 2025-26 School Budget Vote and Election there are three (3) board seats open for a three-year term and one (1) board seat open for a one-year term.  The one-year term seat is due to a resignation of a board member. 

When candidates run at large and there are terms of differing lengths, the candidate receiving the largest number of votes shall be entitled to the longest term and the candidates receiving the next highest numbers of votes shall be entitled, in decreasing order of the respective numbers of votes to the offices remaining in decreasing order of the length of such terms or portions of an unexpired term (Educ. Law   2034(7)(c), 2610(4)).

Board of Education Candidates Running for Election will be listed here after April 21, 2025.