• The School Budget Vote and Election will take place on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.  Polls  will be open at 6:00 A.M and will close at 9:00 P.M. 

    Voters who reside within the city limits of the City of Beacon vote at Beacon High School. 

    Voters who reside outside the city limits of the City of Beacon, and within the boundaries of the Town of Fishkill, or the Town of Wappinger, (that are part of the Beacon City School District), vote at Glenham Elementary School.  These boundaries may not match the voter's mailing address.  For questions regarding voting location, please call the District Clerk at 845-838-6900 ext. 2010.

    2023 Notice of Public Hearing Legal Notice

    Candidates and terms:

    To elect four (4) members to the Board of Education as follows:

    Three (3) members to the Board of Education for three-year terms (commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2026; and

    One (1) member to the Board of Education for a term commencing May 16, 2023 and ending June 30, 2025.

    Order of the Ballot  to be determined on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

     

    Proposition 1:  To vote upon the following proposition: Shall the bond resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, dated March 20, 2023 authorizing the purchase of school buses at a maximum estimated cost not to exceed $530,000; authorizing the issuance of $530,000 bonds of said School District to pay the costs thereof; and that such sum or so much as may be necessary shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable real property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided in Section 416 of the Education Law; and providing that, in anticipation of said tax, obligations of the School District shall be issued; determining the period of probable usefulness and maximum maturity thereof to be five years; pledging the faith and credit of said School District for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds; delegating powers to the chief fiscal officer with respect to the issuance and sale of bond anticipation notes and such bonds; containing an estoppel clause and providing for the publication of an estoppel notice, be approved?

    Proposition 2:  To vote upon the following proposition: Shall the bond resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, dated March 20, 2023 authorizing the purchase of one electric-powered school bus at an estimated maximum cost of $466,000, but only in the event the District receives subsidies towards such purchase up to the maximum amount of $250,000; authorizing the issuance of bonds of said District up to a maximum amount of $466,000 to pay the costs thereof, and that such sum or so much as may be necessary shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable real property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided in Section 416 of the Education Law; and providing that, in anticipation of said tax, obligations of the School District shall be issued; determining the period of probable usefulness and maximum maturity thereof to be five years; pledging the faith and credit of said School District for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds; delegating powers to the chief fiscal officer with respect to the issuance and sale of bond anticipation notes and such bonds; containing an estoppel clause and providing for the publication of an estoppel notice, be approved? 

    Proposition 3: Shall the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District be authorized, effective beginning the 2023-2024 school year, to make such annual budgetary appropriations and expenditures as are needed to provide transportation to students in grades K-12 residing within the city limits of the City of Beacon who live more than one (1) mile but no more than fifteen (15) miles from the school which they legally attend?