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Board of Education

A local board of education is an agency of New York State governed by NYS law and the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education. The Port Jervis City School District Board of Education has the power to develop policies, rules and regulations for the operation of our school system.

There are nine residents who serve, without pay, on our school board. On the third Tuesday in May, three members are elected on a rotating basis to a three-year term of office. 
 

Six running for Board of Education
Special thanks to the PTAs for hosting Meet the Candidates Night. If you missed the public forum, it is being rebroadcast daily at 4 p.m. on cable Channel 20. 

Three of the nine seats on the Port Jervis City School District Board of Education are up for election May 21. Six candidates met the April 22 state deadline to file nominating petitions to run for seats on the board.

Current board member Richard McElroy and appointee Robert Witherow are running along with Tammy Myers, William Onofry, Earl Walker Jr. and Michael Zappolo.  Onofry and Walker have served previously on the Board.

Those who are elected will each serve three-year terms, ending in 2016. The term for the appointed seat currently held by Witherow begins May 22. The other newly-elected board members will be sworn in at the Board’s annual organizational meeting, held the first week of July.

Click here for the BOE Candidate's profile, which includes a statement on why they are running for the School Board.

 

Cathy Sadaghiani
President
Term expires 2013		 Noeleen Casey-Tomasi
Term expires 2015		 Roger Kalin
Term expires 2014
William Smith
Vice President
Term expires 2014		 Robert Witherow
Term expires 2013		 Richard McElroy
Term expires 2013
Michael Bello
Term expires 2015
 		 Brandy Figueroa
Term expires 2014

Reyes Torres
Term expires 2015

Board of Education & District Administrators

Photo of the Board of Education and Central Administration

Front Row: Assistant Superintendent Lorelei Case, Assistant Superintendent Thomas Bongiovi, Superintendent John Xanthis, Board President Cathy Sadaghiani, and Board Vice President William Smith. Second Row: Board members Richard McElroy, Michael Bello, Reyes Torres, Roger Kalin, Noeleen Casey-Tomasi and Brandy Figueroa.


 

 
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• Board Agendas

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• Mission

• Policy Manual

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