Mt. Pleasant Lone Area District With Contested Board Race
Three of four local districts will have uncontested board of education election races next month.
The only contested race locally will be for the Mount Pleasant Board of Education where current Vice President Eric Schulze and fellow incumbent Laurie Donato will be joined on the ballot by challenger Ed Barnes for two available seats.
Chappaqua, Pleasantville and Byram Hills will all have uncontested races. Incumbents Karen Visser and Victoria Tipp are both running for second terms in Chappaqua. Meanwhile, in Pleasantville Louis Conte is running for a second term while Andrea Vella will replace retiring 15-year Trustee Lois Winkler on the board.
In Byram Hills, current board Vice President Ira Schulman and Vice President Brett Summers are the only candidates running for two available seats this year.
All terms in each district are for three years.
The elections are scheduled for Tuesday, May 20, the same day as the vote on the 2014-15 budgets in each district.
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