BOE budget and school board vote May 17

HARLEM VALLEY — Residents throughout the region will soon have the opportunity to vote for or against their schools’ proposed budgets for the 2011-12 academic year. Tuesday, May 17, is the date for the annual school district election and vote, when in addition to the budget voters get to cast their ballots in favor of candidates running for their district’s Board of Education.Polling places are open from noon until 9 p.m. in the Webutuck and Millbrook districts, and from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. in the Pine Plains district. Polling locations are as follows:• North East Central School District (Webutuck) — Webutuck High School library.• Pine Plains Central School District — District 1: (residents of Pine Plains, North East, Milan, Ancram and Gallatin, east of the Taconic State Parkway) Stissing Mountain Middle/High School cafeteria; District 2 (residents of Stanford and Clinton) Stanford Town Hall; District 3 (residents of Clermont, Livingston and Gallatin, west of the Taconic State Parkway) Elizaville firehouse.• Millbrook Central School District — Millbrook Middle School auditorium.Don’t forget to vote, as the budget affects all taxpayers, and school board members make decisions that affect not only students, but their futures, as well as the community at large.

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