Board Election Three Terms (3 Years) David Barshay: 624 Michael Buscarino 651 Rob Scarito 617 KPCSD BUDGET PASSED Budget/Election Results: YES: 2,229 NO: 1,125 PASS Trustee Election: *Hanley 1,879 *Pascucci 1,737 Lelle 1,529 Cerrato 1,490 *Won 3-year term Smithtown Budget Passed Budget Vote - Proposition #1 Yes: 5,250 No: 2,460 Mount Sinai Gorgeous Colonial-Style Home In Broad Hollow Estates. Raise your hand.. _________________________________________________________________________________________, *******************************************************************. "script","oiopub","https://tbrnewsmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/oiopub-direct/zones.js"); TBR News Media is your local news and entertainment website. I assume they are supporting us because they, like many others, want to see a change in our school board.. Smithtown Central School District Superintendent Mark Secaur, Ed.D. Primary Election - June 22, 2021 | NYC Board of Elections Primary Election - June 22, 2021 June 22nd, Primary Election Election Day is Tuesday, June 22, 2021. And I'm disappointed in that, but that's just the way it is, Rollins said in an interview. Save Our Schools has inaccurately painted the districts top education leadership as part of a broader conspiracy to move New Yorks courts, policing, housing and education systems towards socialism. 4.9K views, 31 likes, 69 loves, 16 comments, 16 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Smithtown Central School District: May 18, 2021 - Board of Education - Election Results Additionally, the Cerrato and Lelle campaign sharply criticized the comments made by Kevin Johnston, a sitting board of education member, touting his support of candidates Patrick Hanley and Shala Pascucci. Sat. I do think that occasionally, the loudest voices get a lot of attention, and certainly are not the majority., The groups April newsletter claimed that the oppressors want us to feel that we should be ashamed if we oppose their idea of a new, more equitable rule of law. Three seats are for three-year terms, which will run from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The increased political polarization around the country and the increase in the importance of education-related issues to voters no doubt played a part in addition to campaign activities, which were more intense this year than in recent memory in Kings Park. Theyre not only the children of today but they are also the children of our future and community.. Similar rhetoric has been deployed in school districts in Virginia and Texas, state legislatures in Idaho and Oklahoma and in talking points among prominent Republicans like Florida Gov. Looking ahead, he said it is important that the district refocuses its attention not on testing, but on finding ways to boost childrens feelings of acceptance and accomplishment. Four Long Island school districts failed to pass a budget. Another trustee, Jeremy Thode, made an emotional case for an inclusive school environment, only to be interrupted by shouts from an audience member. Organizers said they acted to stop the school from promoting the 1619 project, which recasts America's founding as driven by slavery, not the ideals of equality and liberty. President Christopher Alcure looks for another term, while two newcomers pursue vacated board seat. With such a medley of actors, there is bound to be tension. Does anyone here not want their child to be accepted and celebrated? For example, Cerrato, in his interview with The Messenger, expressed a desire to give bus drivers raises. Polls are open from 6am to 9pm. (LARDINI) G String ; ADA ; ++: ++x . Residents of the Smithtown Central School District will once again decide who will sit on the school board after a contentious race in 2021. The new spending plans go into effect July 1. With children in the district, she said, I see now more than ever just how important a proper education is. Fisher did not respond to requests for an interview. Anti-government groups tend to be motivated by the belief that government is tyrannical and may traffic in conspiracy theories, the center said. To obtain nominating petitions and for additional information please contact Maureen O'Connor, District Clerk,moconnor02@smithtown.k12.ny.usor 631-382-2012. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. A Smithtown school board meeting last month opened with remarks from trustees frustrated with accusations that echoed claims on Save Our Schools materials. Students sit in a classroom at St. Patrick Elementary School Thursday, May 11, 2006 in Smithtown, New York. Steve Hartman defeated Pailine Fidalgo by a vote of 2,777 877. Among other things, the school responded with the reading of a children's book about a child whose skin was too brown to play Snow White in a school musical. Some, but not all, of the candidates below have been endorsed by LISSA. At last weeks meeting, at least one board member criticized the school for distributing material that faulted cops for killing Black men. If a majori Copyright 2022 - Messenger Papers, Inc. Puleo and Pascale: The Republican Primary Escalates, Hauppauge Grad Returns to Mens League Team After 4-Year Army Detail, NYS Budget Proposal LWV Issues of Interest, Two Local Standouts and an MLB Vet to Rep Team Italy in World Baseball Classic, Long Island MacArthur Airport Designated a Superfund Site. The law center has released a yearly report of hate and antigovernment groups since the 1990s, based ongroup publications, citizen and news reports, law enforcement agencies, field sources and internetpostings. If Proposition 2 is approved, residents will not have an additional tax increase. When hes not plugging away at stories, he finds joy in the finer things in life, like playing drums, watching hockey and discussing the latest Taco Bell items. As in other districts, the opposition to the Smithtown school board began last year because of COVID. Published every Thursday by: Two Long Island groups have been identified as antigovernment organizations by a nonprofit that tracks racism, xenophobia and far right militias in the United States. The results indicate the waning of pandemic-related concerns such as masking and vaccination mandates. He agrees with Saidens that the board can be divided at times: Theres been this division on the board, lack of focus on the issues that really affect our children, and instead focused on what we can do to flip the board completely. 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Their opponents who have been endorsed are in the green column.3) If you have better info please email Connect LIBAYPORT-BLUE POINT4 seats / 8 candidatesDaniel BertranElizabeth CavutoAmy HopeJenna KennedyBRENTWOODAndrew ComoRobert Feliciano current Presidentendorsed by Brentwood ECAPaula Moore current trusteeendorsed by Brentwood ECACOLD SPRING HARBORBruce SullivanVote for Change / parental controlCOMSEWOGUE2 seats / 5 candidatesGary BodenburgJoseph BorrusoMeghan PuleoCONNETQUOT1 seat / 2 candidatesJaclyn Napolitano-Furnoendorsed by LILMhttps://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10222315278930840&set=gm.1434952390294274EAST ISLIP1 open seatTimothy Sassoneendorsed by LILMDominick BarbatoCharles KalinowskiEASTPORT SOUTH MANOR3 open seats / 6 candidatesnone exceptionally goodCristina Costanzaendorsed by LILMBernadette PupillaDavid Samartinoendorsed by LILMEAST QUOGUEAllison Fordendorsed by Parents for ChoiceFARMINGDALENicole Gnolfoendorsed by LILMParsa Karimiendorsed by LILMHALF HOLLOW HILLS2 open seatsMaria Gillespieendorsed by LILMJustin R. MarinoHARBORFIELDS2 seats / 3 candidatesDavid BalistreriKINGS PARK2 seats / 4 candidatesDouglas Cerratoendorsed by LILMJaime Lelleendorsed by LILMLINDENHURSTHeather Readoendorsed by LILMLONGWOOD2 seats / 6 candidatesMichael Byrneendorsed by LILMWilliam Massian, incumbentnot LILM but other candidate betterMASSAPEQUAChristopher Brooksendorsed by LILMMIDDLE COUNTRY4 seats / 8 candidatesKimberly Crawford-Arbocus;Leah FitzpatrickRobert HallockTiffany LorussoMILLER PLACE3 open seatsJennifer Andersen-Oldenskovendorsed by LILMKenneth Conwayendorsed by LILMJenna Stingoendorsed by LILMJohn GalliganMOUNT SINAI2 seats / 4 candidatesAlexis Flillerendorsed by LILMAnthony Mangioneendorsed by LILMJohn Hnatendorsed by PBAbut not by LILMNORTH BABYLONJenelle GalatiJessica GalatiNORTH BELLMORE2 seats / 5 candidatesThomas McDonoughendorsed by LILMRocco Famigliettiendorsed by LILMNORTH MERRICK3 seats / 5 candidates Megan Ryan (incumbent), , Christine Mitkish and Carson Termotto ;Steve Enellaendorsed by LILMWill Lucianiendorsed by LILMNORTHPORT-EAST NORTHPORTFrank LabatePORT JEFFERSONDan PollardPaul RyanRIVERHEADAndrew Nadeau anti-vaxxerROCKY POINT3 seats / 6 candidatesNick Conteendorsed by LILMErin Walshendorsed by LILMJason FordSACHEM4 seats / 8 candidatesChristopher Buckley Jr.endorsed by LILMAlex Piccirillo, incumbentendorsed by LILMMeredith Volpeendorsed by LILMSAG HARBORStealth write-in campaign by anti-vax, anti-mask, ban books candidates. In the unfolding pandemic, economic crisis and reckoning on race, governors and mayors are shaping our shared future. NYS Budget Proposal LWV Issues of Interest, Two Local Standouts and an MLB Vet to Rep Team Italy in World Baseball Classic, Long Island MacArthur Airport Designated a Superfund Site. May 15, 2022, 7:24amUpdated on May 18, 2022 By: News 12 Staff Residents across Long Island cast their votes Tuesday for school budgets and board of education seats in their districts. You see it pop up at the national level in debates and rallies and things like that: cancel culture, white privilege, critical race theory, he said. The conspiracy theories at the core of Trumpism are infecting at least one Long Island school board election scheduled for May 18. In last years election, opposition candidates that claimed victory pointed to online resources available to students and some teachers they alleged had an anti-police bias. It is a microcosm of a national movement against discussions of systemic racism in schools and educators attempts to rectify racial discrepancies, which conservatives have painted as a bid to immerse students in liberal values. Residents will also have the opportunity to vote on a proposition to establish a new capital reserve fund. 5/17/2022SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONSSAVING DEMOCRACY / SAVING EARTH. Students that are considered white are being severely targeted, the newsletter reads. Kouvel asked for questions to be emailed to her so she could answer them after returning from vacation but answers were not received before press time. I say no more. "script","oiopub","https://tbrnewsmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/oiopub-direct/zones.js"); Phil Corso is TBRs managing editor. Three challengers are trying to unseat the incumbents who are up for reelection on May 18 th in a campaign unlike any school board election Smithtown has ever seen. 2) There MAY be candidates below who are horrible but there is no way to know if they have not been endorsed by a group like LILM (LI Loud Majority) or their positions have not been made known publicly.3) If you have better info please email Connect LIAMAGANSETT2 seats / 2 candidatesWayne GaugerKristen Peterson incumbentAMITYVILLE2 seats / 2 candidatesTerry Fulton incumbentDavid Heller incumbentBABYLON2 seats / 2 candidatesDonna Noesi incumbentendorsed by Babylon TArecommended by LISSAAri McKenzieendorsed by Babylon TABAYPORT-BLUE POINT4 seats / 8 candidatesJohn Kroog incumbentendorsed by BP-BP TA Brian Johnson incumbentendorsed by BP-BP TArecommended by LISSASandi Kanneendorsed by BP-BP TArecommended by LISSA Jessica Pignataroendorsed by BP-BP TArecommended by LISSABAY SHORE1 seat / 1 candidateAndrew A. Arcuri incumbentBRENTWOOD2 seats / 5 candidatesHassan Ahmedendorsed by Brentwood TArecommended by LISSAMaria Malaveendorsed by Brentwood TABRIDGEHAMPTON2 seats / 2 candidatesCarla Lillie incumbentJennifer L. Vinski incumbentCENTER MORICHES2 seats / 2 candidatesMarcus Babzien incumbentLauren SlionskiCENTRAL ISLIP2 seats / 2 candidatesDaniel M. Devine incumbentlenn C. Mitchell incumbentCOLD SPRING HARBOR2 seats / 3 candidatesAmelia Walsh Brogan incumbentAlex WhelehanCOMMACK2 seats / 4 candidatesSteve Hartman current Presidentendorsed by Commack TA recommended by LISSAJustin Varughes current VPendorsed by Commack TArecommended by LISSACOMSEWOGUE2 seats / 5 candidatesFrancisca Alabau-Blatter incumbentendorsed by Comsewogue TA Robert DeStefano incumbentendorsed by Comsewogue TACONNETQUOT1 seat / 2 candidatesSarah Smithendorsed by Connetquot TArecommended by LISSASarah Smith for ConnetquotVideo: Lets Get to Know Sarah SmithCOPIAGUE2 seats / 2 candidatesPaul Daubelendorsed by Copiague TAAnthony Pepeendorsed by Copiague TADEER PARK3 seats / 3 candidatesAnthony Henkel incumbentJerry D. Jean-Pierre incumbentKristine Rosales incumbentEAST HAMPTON3 seats / 3 candidatesJames P. Foster incumbentJustine OMara Limonius incumbentSandra Vorpahl incumbentEAST ISLIP1 seat / 4 candidatesRachel Ackermanrecommended by LISSAEAST MORICHES2 seats / 2 candidatesScott BaierwalterPaul Wendel incumbentEASTPORT-SOUTH MANOR3 seats / 6 candidatesnone exceptionally goodJose Febo best optionendorsed by E-SM TArecommended by LISSAFrancesco Ferraro incumbentendorsed by E-SM TAJoseph Sammarcoendorsed by E-SM TAEAST QUOGUE2 seats / 3 candidatesBriana Seltenreich Gladdingrecommended by LISSAJessica Stalters incumbentELWOODDeborah Weiss incumbent??? check their voting status and polling place, Early voting locations and times can be found here. 5/18 THE RESULTS FOR ALL DISTRICTSIn most cases, the good guys won. Charlie Rollins, who was ousted from the school board Tuesday night, said these accusations are untrue, and that they were propagated by the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association. REFERENCES1) List of school districts in NYhttps://ballotpedia.org/List_of_school_districts_in_New_York2) Buffalo News similar situations to Suffolk in 2022 electionshttps://buffalonews.com/news/local/education/more-candidates-running-for-school-boards-this-year-in-western-new-york/article_bdb9a118-c25f-11ec-9449-f3c7ec5ae853.html, PINNED LINKS :::: HOMEPAGECALI: Climate Action LIEDUCATION ::: ENERGY ::: ENVIRONMENT5/17/2022 SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS2022 SUFFOLK SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES. There has been a big push from NYSUT to support their Smithtown affiliate, the Smithtown Teachers Association (STA), in the form of auto dialed live callings and mass letter campaigns to NYSUT members residing within the district. Minimum Qualifications A Bachelor's degree + six (6) years of general business/management and/or compliance management or other related experience, with at least two (2) years of experience related to election administration or governmental relations. 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