The Katonah-Lewisboro Times 05.26.22

VOL. 5 NO. 10 THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022
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Voters stick with incumbents, approve budget

Julia Hadlock BY TOM BARTLEY the district. Glick, with 933 votes, and Goglia, am hopeful we’ll see further re-
Rory Burke CONTRIBUTING WRITER In the at-large trustee contest, 926 — each rang up more popu- sponsiveness and attention paid
Liz Gereghty lar votes than did board President to the critical issue of teaching
e largest in-person voter six candidates sought three seats, Marjorie Schi in last year’s far- reading.”
turnout in years approved the which would go to the top three below-normal voter turnout.
Katonah-Lewisboro School vote-getters. Residents renewed She congratulated the incum-
District’s $115 million budget the incumbents’ three-year Goglia, like Abrams, has been bents on their win but said resi-
last week and returned three in- terms, starting July 1. harshly critical at times of school dents “showed up at the polls be-
cumbents to their seats on the board policy, both in terms of spe- cause they want a school district
school board. Riding the big turnout to un- cial-needs students and dialogue that re ects the ethos of ‘a rising
o cial four- gure totals, Had- with residents at board meetings. tide lifts all boats.’ I look forward
Uno cially, 2,255 voters went lock, the board vice president, But like his running mate, he ex- to a KLSD that works for all
to the polls on May 17 and re- drew 1,343 votes; Gereghty, who pressed support for the incum- children.”
elected trustees Julia Hadlock, chairs the facilities committee, bents in their new terms. “I sin-
Liz Gereghty, and Rory Burke tallied 1,28; and Burke, the - cerely wish them all the best for Both sides courted voter sup-
to new three-year terms. e nance chair, 1,238. the sake of our children and com- port, and it seemed to show last
incumbents turned back a rare munity,” Goglia said. “I do hope week. In the decade since Albany
three-way challenge, mounted But the challengers, rst to they recognize that our message imposed a cap on local property-
by Erika Glick of Katonah, Mat- last, displayed impressive sup- resonated with more than 40 per- tax increases, fewer than 1,700
thew Goglia of South Salem, port as well. cent of the voters.” KLSD voters, on average, have
and Marc Abrams of Katonah. trouped to the polls to make
Abrams and Goglia, both Of the three challengers, Glick their views known on budget and
Voters overwhelmingly ap- leaders in the KLSD Special came closest to breaking the trustees.
proved the proposed 2022-23 Needs Advocacy Group, have thousand-vote mark. A vocal
budget of $115,778,990 by an become familiar faces at the advocate for change in KLSD’s In those tax-cap years, the
uno cial tally of 1,633 to 618. twice-monthly meetings of the literacy program, the Katonah only turnout larger than this
school board. And they rallied Village Kids preschool director year’s occurred in 2014, when
ey also allowed the district, hundreds of residents to their in- noted the size of her electoral 2,281 residents went to the bal-
by a vote of 1,522 to 733, to tap surgent candidacies. tally and said she was “proud of lot box, many of them unhappy
$922,000 already in KLSD cof- the race I ran.” with the closing of Lewisboro
fers to buy new vehicles, includ- While Abrams nished last in Elementary School. e true
ing an electric school bus. In the the voting, fully 746 people de- “And while the overall results outlier in the yearly totals was
separate transportation question, cided he deserved a board seat. were not in my favor,” Glick said, the 2020 pandemic year, when
residents approved spending He said of the winners, “[I] wish “I am pleased with the commu- almost 5,000 residents took ad-
$386,975 for the 66-passen- them well and hope that they x nity engagement my participa- vantage of the one-o mail-in-
ger electric school bus, part of a the problems that still exist in or- tion sparked. More of our com- voting opportunity to express an
$922,000 package of vehicles for der to make us that much better munity heard my message and I opinion.
as a school district.”

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