Budget Vote and School Board Election

Official Results: ICSD Annual Budget Vote and Election 2022

The results of the 2022 Ithaca City School District (ICSD) Budget Vote and School Board Election listed below have been certified and adopted by the ICSD Board of Education. 

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Polls Open 12 - 9 p.m.

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2022 Budget Vote and Election Timeline

Some dates are subject to change.

Public Budget Hearing

The Board of Education will hold a budget hearing at 5:30 p.m. on May 10, 2022, in the ICSD Board Room, 400 Lake Street, Ithaca, New York. Members of the public may join in person or remotely (Zoom meeting details below).

If you weren't able to tune in to the public budget hearing live, view the recording below. For a detailed look at the proposed 2022-2023 budget, visit ithacacityschools.org/budget.

Propositions on the Ballot

Proposition No. 1   Proposed 2022-2023 Budget
Shall the Board of Education of the Ithaca City School District be authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $148,944,098 to meet the District’s estimated expenditures during the 2022-2023 school year, and to levy the necessary tax therefor?

Proposition No. 2   Appropriation of Capital Reserve Funds
Shall the Board of Education of the Ithaca City School District (the “District”) be authorized to appropriate funds from the District's “2018 Capital Reserve Fund” in the maximum amount of $1,171,059.78 and to expend these combined funds for the following purposes: (1) Interior renovations and site work at Northeast Elementary School, and (2) Bus Purchases: six (6) full size Blue Bird gasoline wheelchair buses?

Proposition No. 3   Establishment of New Capital Reserve Fund
Shall the Board of Education of the Ithaca City School District (the “District”) be authorized to establish a reserve fund in accordance with Section 3651 of the New York Education Law, to be known as the “2022 Capital Reserve Fund,” for a probable term of five (5) years, commencing on July 1, 2022 and ending on June 30, 2027, for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the purchase of school buses and other vehicles and/or the cost of authorized alterations, construction and/or reconstruction of District facilities, buildings and/or additions, including related site work, health and safety improvements, and handicap accessibility improvements, and to fund this 2022 Capital Reserve Fund in the maximum amount of $10,000,000, in the current or future years through various sources including, but not limited to, state aid reimbursement, cost saving measures resulting in unexpended funds or unappropriated fund balance and other legally available funds of the District?

Proposition No. 4   Conveyance of Real Property to the City of Ithaca
Shall the Board of Education (the “Board”) of the Ithaca City School District (“District”) be authorized to convey to the City of Ithaca a portion of real property owned by the District, consisting of approximately 1,312 square feet adjacent to the District’s Beverly J. Martin Elementary School, located at 308 Albany Street North, Ithaca, New York, having a tax map number of 60.-2-7.2, in accordance with a written purchase agreement between the District and the City of Ithaca which is available for public inspection in the office of the District Clerk, for the purposes of enabling the City of Ithaca to construct an expansion of an existing public gymnasium to be operated by the Greater Ithaca Activity Center for the benefit of citizens of the City of Ithaca?

School Board Member Election

Four (4) members of the Board of Education will be elected due to the expiration of the terms of Robert Ainslie, Erin Croyle, and Eldred Harris and the mid-term resignation of Kelly Evans. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes will each be elected to an at large full three-year term from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025. The candidate who receives the fourth highest number of votes shall be appointed to the balance of the unexpired term of Kelly Evans, which term shall begin on May 18, 2022 and shall expire on June 30, 2024.

The candidates for four open seats on the School Board are (in order of position on the ballot):

1. Jill K. Tripp
2. Eldred Harris
3. Benjamin Mumford-Zisk
4. David Shapiro
5. Erin Croyle
6. Robert Ainslie
7. Karen Yearwood

Click here to view the School Board candidates' bios >>

Nominating Petitions

The deadline to submit nominating petitions has passed.

Those seeking to run for the ICSD Board of Education must file a nominating petition with the District Clerk by Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in order for their names to be placed on the ballot. A separate petition shall be required to nominate each candidate. Each petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified voters of the District, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate and each signer.

Click here to download the 2022 Nominating Petition. Petitions must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 27, 2022.

District Clerk
Ithaca City School District
400 Lake Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

In addition to filing a nominating petition, School Board candidates must meet all other eligibility requirements, including applicable residency and age, as well as file a campaign expenditures and contributions statement at least three times.

Voter Qualifications

To vote in the 2022 Budget Vote and School Board Election, you must be a registered voter and--

• a citizen of the United States;
• 18 years of age or older;
• a resident within the district for 30 days immediately preceding May 17, 2022; and
• not otherwise prohibited from voting under Election Law.

Voter Registration

The voter registration deadline has passed.

If a qualified voter has previously registered with the District or with the County Board of Elections and has voted within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at the May 17, 2022 Annual District Meeting and Election without re-registering.

All other persons who wish to vote at the Annual District Meeting and Election must either pre-register with the District as set forth below or be registered with the Tompkins County Elections Board to vote in general elections.

The District has authorized continuous registration of qualified voters in the Office of the District Clerk, 400 Lake Street, Ithaca, New York between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Friday, through May 3, 2022.

Absentee Ballots

Qualified voters of the District may obtain applications for an absentee ballot at the District Office. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 10, 2022, if the absentee ballot is to be mailed to the voter. If a completed application is received after 5:00 p.m. on May 10, 2022, the absentee ballot will not be mailed, but instead must be delivered personally to the voter.

Absentee ballots that do not reach the office of the District Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, will not be canvassed.

Click here to download an electronic copy of the 2022 absentee ballot application.

School Voting Districts

Polls Open 12 - 9 PM

School voting districts/polling locations are labeled 1-12 in the table below (e.g., 1. Lehman Alternative School, 2. Beverly J. Martin School, etc.). To determine where you vote, find your general election polling location and or general election district, and then look at the corresponding school district polling location above it.

• Example: If you normally vote at the Baptist Tabernacle Church for general elections (City of Ithaca, Ward 5, Districts 1 and 2), your school district polling location is Fall Creek Elementary School

PLEASE NOTE

• *Town of Dryden, District 9 was combined with District 4 in 2021. Voters who live in the former District 9 now vote at the Varna Community Center, NOT Caroline Elementary School.
• **If you normally vote at the Town of Ithaca Town Hall, you either vote at Beverly J. Martin Elementary or at Belle Sherman Elementary Annex for school district elections, depending on your ward and district:
  • City of Ithaca, Ward 2, District 4 - vote at Beverly J. Martin
  • City of Ithaca, Ward 4, District 1 - vote at Belle Sherman Annex