Scarsdale 10583

You can help to maintain the excellent Scarsdale schools by becoming a candidate for the Scarsdale School Board Nominating Committee this year. The School Board Nominating Committee (SBNC) is the group that identifies, proposes and nominates qualified candidates to run for the Scarsdale Board of Education. The SBNC includes 30 voting members representing each of the five elementary school neighborhoods. Each year ten new members are elected to serve a three-year term on the SBNC.

“The goal of the Administrative Committee of the SBNC is to present a solid slate of candidates for the SBNC election held on January 17, 2012,” said Michael Pollack and Nan Berke, Co-chairs of the SBNC Administrative Committee, the group that organizes the election. “Our charge is to present a full slate of candidates. That means for every open seat on the SBNC, we need two candidates. In all, this year we need 20 people from the community to run.“

To become a candidate, complete a biographical form and submit it, with a candidate petition with ten signatures, by November 21, 2011 to the SBNC Administrative Committee, P.O. Box H 172, Scarsdale, NY 10583. These forms can be downloaded from www.scarsdalesbnc.com and are also available at the Scarsdale Library and Village Hall.

If you are interested in becoming a candidate or have questions, go to the SBNC’s website at www.scarsdalesbnc.com . Also, feel free to contact the SBNC Administrative Committee Co-chairs: Nan Berke at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text21703 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //--> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Michael Pollack at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Service on the SBNC is a good way to serve your community. Please become a candidate.

Pictured Above: Jyoti Ruta -Chair of the SBNC, Michael Pollack and Nan Berke, Co-chairs of the Administrative Committee of the SBNC.

 

 

 

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written by Something is Rotten in Scardsale, October 17, 2011

Maybe the SBNC's approach is the reason that my school property taxes are among the highest in the country and this School Board feels that it can blithely ignore the tax cap law.

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written by Nan Berke, October 13, 2011

I wondered the same thing until serving on the SBNC, then I saw the value of this system first hand. The goal of the SBNC's non-partisan system is to find the best candidates to fill school board vacancies. These are often people who would not have otherwise run for the office. It is not a system that depends on who spends the most money or who is the the most aggressive campaigner, but instead seeks out those who are fair minded and intelligent. Looking back on who has served on the school board since this system was first put in place in the 1960s, it has an impressive record. Come, join the SBNC and help us find great school board members going forward!

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written by Edgemont Resident, October 12, 2011

How about candidates simply run for office in a democratic contested election and let Scarsdale and Edgemont residents decide who is right for the school boards?

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