Tuckahoe Board Of Education Features 2 Open Trustee Seats

EASTCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Tuckahoe School District is seeking two Board of Education trustee candidates to fill vacancies.

The Tuckahoe School District has two Board of Education seats up for election in May. Photo Credit: *File Photo*

Jason Bisnoff

03/31/2016 4:00 p.m.

Two board seats are up for election May 17 for three-year terms beginning July 1.

Candidates interested in running for a seat:

must be able to read and write.
must be a qualified voter of the district; that is, a citizen of the United States, at least 18 years of age or older, and not adjudged to be an incompetent (Note: a convicted felon is barred from running for a seat on a board of education if his or her maximum prison sentence has not expired or if he or she has not been pardoned or discharged from parole).
must be and have been a resident of the school district for a continuous and uninterrupted period of at least one year immediately prior to election.
may not have been removed from any school district office within the preceding year.
may not reside with another member of the same school board as a member of the same family.
may not be a current employee of the school board at the time (s)he is required to take office.
may not simultaneously hold another incompatible public office.

For additional information and candidate packets, contact the district clerk at 914-337-6600, ext. 1251. The deadline for submitting nominating petitions is Monday, April 18, at 5 p.m.

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