NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the City School District of the City of Binghamton, New York will be held in the office of the Board of Education at Columbus School, 164 Hawley Street, Binghamton, New York on May 5, 2015 at 7:00 PM for the purposes of receiving reports of school officials and discussion of the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof. Certain propositions may also be discussed.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Budget Vote and School Board Election will take place on May 19, 2015 whereupon ONE (1) member will be elected to the Board of Education for a five (5) year term. Certain propositions may also be considered.
The polls of such Election and Budget Vote shall be open from 11:00 AM until 8:00 PM prevailing time. Paper Ballots shall be used for the election and budget vote.
An accurate description of the boundaries of the school election district into which the City School District of the City of Binghamton is divided is on file and may be inspected in the office of the Board of Education at Columbus School, 164 Hawley Street, Binghamton, New York.
The schoolhouses or other public places in the School District where such Election and Budget Vote shall be held are as follows:
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION/BUDGET VOTE POLLING PLACES (Schedule A): Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, 287 Prospect Street
School Election District #1 (Comprised of GEDs 1,2,5,6) St. Patrick's School, Oak Street
School Election District #2 (Comprised of GEDs 18,21,22,23) West Middle School, West Middle Avenue
School Election District #3 (Comprised of GEDs 13,14,15,16,17,20)
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Continued . . . Knights of Columbus, 136 Park Avenue (MacArthur)
School Election District #4 (Comprised of GEDs 24,25,26,28,29) Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School, 9 Ogden Street
School Election District #5 (Comprised of GEDs 3,4,7,8,19) Good Shepherd Fairview Home, Fairview Avenue
School Election District #6 (Comprised of GEDs 9,10,11,12) Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, 262 Conklin Avenue School Election District #7 (Comprised of GEDs 27,30,31,32) Sunrise Terrace Community Center
School Election District #8 (Comprised of GED Sunrise Terrace)
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the money which will be required for the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies, can be obtained by any taxpayer in the District during the fourteen (14) days preceding the Budget Vote at each school or the District Offices at 164 Hawley Street, Binghamton, New York between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of the School District at the District Office, 164 Hawley Street, Binghamton, New York, no later than April 29, 2015 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate specific offices, but are positions at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated and, further, must be directed to the Clerk of the District, signed by at least 100 qualified voters of the District and, further, stating the name of the residence of each signed voter and the name of residence of the candidate.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the Clerk of the School District, 164 Hawley Street, Binghamton, New York beginning April 2, 2015. Completed applications must be received by the Clerk of the School District at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be issued to the voter in person. Absentee ballots must be received by the Clerk of the School District no later than 5:00 PM prevailing time on May 19, 2015.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the district in the office of the Clerk of the School District between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on weekdays untilthe day set for the Board Election and Budget Vote. Any qualified voter may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making a challenge and the reason therefore known after review in the Clerk's Office and the Clerk will submit the challenge to the inspectors of election before the close of the polls.
by the Board of Education in accordance with Sections 2035 and 2008 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget or otherwise to be submitted for voting at the Budget Vote must be filed with the Clerk to the Board of Education at 164 Hawley Street, Binghamton, New York, on or before the 60th day immediately preceding the date set for the Budget Vote for propositions which must be included in the advertised public notice of the Budget Vote and must be typed or printed in the English language, directed to the Clerk of the School District, signed by at least 25 voters or not less than 5% of the number of qualified voters in the previous Annual Election, whichever is greater, further setting forth the names of resident of each signer. Petitions regarding propositions or questions for items that are not required to be in the Budget Vote must be filed not less than 30 days before the Budget Vote. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any propositions, the purpose of which is not within the power of the voters to determine, or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition.
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that any person otherwise qualified to vote who is currently registered for any general election, pursuant to Section 352 of the Election Law, shall be entitled to vote without further registration pursuant to Section 2606of the Education Law.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS: The Board of Registration shall meet onApril 14, 2015 and April 16, 2015 between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM prevailing time at the Board of Elections Office, County Office Building, Governmental Plaza, Binghamton, New York, for the purposes of registering any person not currently registered under permanent personal registration since the last date of such personal registration. Any person not presently registered under permanent personal registration or any person who has not voted at an intervening election since the last date of permanent registration must, in order to be entitled to vote at said school election, present him/herself personally for registration. S/He is entitled to have his/her name placed on such register if s/he is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such school election. The Board of Registration will also meet on May 19, 2015 at the above-mentioned location and time to register voters for future elections. Voters registering on the day of election shall not be allowed to vote on the election occurring on the same day. The register prepared will be filed in the office of the District Clerk not less than two weeks before the vote and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on each business day prior to the election at the District offices at 164 Hawley St. Binghamton, NY. The register will not be available on Saturdays and Sundays. The register will also be available for inspection on the day of the election at each of the polling places.
Dated: February 24, 2015
By: Sanya Brown, Clerk to the Board of Education
2015-2-G10 ESTABLISH DANIEL J. PURTELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, that the Board of Education does and hereby accepts $1,000 to set up the DANIEL J. PURTELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education extends to the DANIEL J. PURTELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP its sincere appreciation for the generous scholarship award. 2015-2-G11
DISTRICT COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, that the Board of Education hereby approves the actions taken by the Committee on Special Education reported as follows:
DISTRICT CSE