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
