There are four (4) open trustee seats on the board. Candidacy to run for the School Board must be declared by 5pm on Monday, April 21, 2025.
There are four vacancies to be filled:
- three (3) seats for a full term of three (3) years commencing on July 1, 2025 and expiring on June 30, 2028
- one (1) seat for the 1+ year unexpired term, due to a Board member’s resignation, from on or about May 20, 2025 through June 30, 2026
The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be elected to the three-year terms. The candidate with the fourth-highest number of votes will serve the one-year-plus term.
All seats are at-large, meaning candidates do not run for specific seats. The four (4) present incumbents are Ms. Gilian Klein, Ms. Blakeley Lowry, Mr. Rob Mazurek (appointed), and Ms. Amal Shady. The three highest vote getters will receive the three-year seats and the fourth highest vote getter will fill the fourth seat for the 1+ year unexpired term currently held by Mr. Mazurek.
Candidate packets are available at the Administration Building on the Fox Lane Campus with the District Clerk, Monday-Friday 8:30am-3:30pm. You may also download and print this information packet. Nominating petitions must be filed with the District Clerk, Sandra Speyer (or her designee), by 5PM on Monday, April 21, 2025 at the Administration Building at 632 South Bedford Road, Bedford, NY 10506.
All candidates must have the following qualifications:
- Must be able to read and write;
- Must be a US Citizen;
- Must be at least 18 years old;
- Must be a qualified voter of the school district;
- Must be a resident of the school district continuously for one year before the election;
- Must not reside in the same household with a family member who is already a member of the school board;
- May not be a current employee of the school district;
- May not simultaneously hold another incompatible public office.
In accordance with Section 2018 of the State Education Law, nominating petitions must state the name and residence address of the candidate and be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified district voters or two percent (2%) of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election of the members of the school board, whichever is greater. In the previous annual election we had a total of 1, 093 voters of which 2% is 22, therefore each candidate will be required to have 25 signatures of qualified district voters. Please ask each signer to also PRINT their name, and the residence address must be listed by location, not mailing address (i.e., 100 Bedford Road, not RR# or Box 123). An RR# or Box will not be acceptable as a candidate’s or signer’s address.
Each petition must be directed to the Clerk of the School District and filed in the Office of the District Clerk in the Administration Building on the Fox Lane Campus between the hours of 8:30am and 3:30pm on any day the office is open, but on or before 5pm Monday, April 21, 2025.
The filing deadline for nomination petitions is 5pm on Monday, April 21, 2025.
Any candidate for election to the Board of Education must file sworn campaign expenditure and contribution statements with the District Clerk (and the Commissioner of Education in the event expenditures and/or contributions exceed $500) in accordance with the provisions of Article 32, Sections 1528 and 1529 of the Education Law. In addition, candidates must report, within 24 hours, any contribution or loan in excess of $1,000 received by the candidate within five days prior to the election.
Filing deadlines for the three (3) statements are:
- Thirty days prior to the election: April 21, 2025 (first statement)
- Five days prior to the election: May 15, 2025 (second statement)
- Twenty days following the election : June 9, 2025 (third statement)
For a Prospective Candidate Packet, please click here (aqui).
