Greenwood Lake, Florida and Warwick Valley: School votes at a glance

Florida School District

Proposition one: 2021-22 proposed budget: $23,537,680

School board: Elect two candidates running for two board of education seats available. They will appear on the ballot in the following order:

Robert J. Scheuermann *

John T. Redman II *

* incumbent

Time and Place to vote: Tuesday, May 18, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at S.S. Seward Memorial Building, 51 North Main Street.

Further information can be found on the district’s website: https://www.floridaufsd.org/board-of-education/budget-taxes/

Greenwood Lake School District

Proposition one: 2021-22 proposed budget: $27,125,655

School board: Five candidates are running for three seats.

Michael Emsworth

Patricia (Patty) Kaminski

Yu Kwon Lee *

Thomas (TJ) O’Brien *

Jonathan (Jon) Thurber

* incumbent

Time and place to vote: Tuesday, May 18, from 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. in the elementary school gymnasium (80 Waterstone Road).

Further information available on the district’s website: https://www.gwlufsd.org/domain/337

Warwick Valley School District

Proposition one: 2021-22 proposed budget: $98,620,042

Proposition two: the purchase of two 65-passenger propane buses, one 65-passenger gas bus, one 21-passenger wheelchair micro bus, one 29-passenger micro bus, and one bus maintenance service vehicle. Cost: $550,000, with the use of $250,000 of its bus reserve fund to help offset the cost; approximately 60 percent of cost to be covered by state aid.

School board: Seven candidates running for three seats.

Sharon Davis *

David Eaton *

Bill Fanos

Tiffany Howell

Bob Larsen

Lynn Lillian *

Joe Melder

* incumbent

Time and place to vote: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at:

District 1: Pine Island Firehouse

District 2: Dorothy C. Wilson Education Center

District 3: Kings School

Editor’s note: A Q&A with the school board candidates appears on page 14.