Need To Know: School Budget & Board Vote Tuesday
The Rye City School District budget and Board of Education election is on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Voting will take place in the Rye Middle School gymnasium between 6:00am – 9:00pm.
What you need to know:
The three candidates will be Callie Erickson (read our MyRye.com interview – incumbent, has served two terms), Valerie Lapham (read our MyRye.com interview – new), and Matthew Schibanoff (read our MyRye.com interview – new). Chris Repetto (served 4 terms) is not standing for re-election and Kelsey Johnson is not standing for reelection (served 1 term).
Although the race in uncontested, we wanted to give our readers an opportunity to hear from each candidate as they will represent three of the elected seven-person Board of Education.
The school district is looking for approval on a $110 million school budget. The budget represents a 6.14% increase year over year and a $33,342 per pupil cost.
- Watch the February 6, 2024 budget presentation by Superintendent Eric Byrne (video, below)
- Read the February 6, 2024 budget presentation
- Read the full 2024-25 budget book presented May 7, 2024
