Livingston Manor-Roscoe Central School District voters will get a chance this week to learn more about the 19 candidates running for the new seven-member Board of Education.
Running for election, in the order they will appear on the ballot are: Justin Murphy, Ed Gorr, Dan Johnston, James Buck, Elizabeth Williams, Nicole Park, Tasse Niforatos, Tom Ward, Joe Langan, Kourtni Guzzo, Chris Tuleweit, Amy Leroy, Jill Smith, Gary Dahlman, Roy Rogers, Shawn Dutcher, Dan Smith, Rick Martin and Amanda Krause.
There will be two events, hosted by the Roscoe and Livingston Manor Teacher Associations, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Roscoe school and 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, at Livingston Manor school and will be livestreamed at the links below:
Feb. 5 at Roscoe: https://E2CCB-GST.zoom.us/j/92746025379
Feb. 6 at Livingston Manor: https://E2CCB-GST.zoom.us/j/94822141248
The candidates have provided biographical information that will be printed and available at each of the events and posted on the district websites. When the candidates arrive, they each will be provided a few questions that they will each have an opportunity at the podium to individually answer. At the end, the audience will have the opportunity to ask individual questions.
The new board will determine critical aspects of operations and policies of the new district. Some of the work to be done before July 1 includes deciding on an official school district name, school colors, mascot, building names, building use and configuration, officially appointing attorneys, architects, banks, newspaper, auditors, insurance providers, school officers and approving transportation contracts.
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