Mineola Board of Education President Margaret Ballantyne-Mannion and Patrick Talty, vice president, are each running unopposed for their respective seats in the upcoming district election.
Trustee terms are for three years.
Ballantyne-Margaret is running for her fourth term. She is a Spanish professor at York College and earned a Ph.D. from Brown University in Hispanic studies. Ballantyne-Mannion has lived in Mineola since 1972, and she and her husband, Luke Mannion, have been active in the local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
Talty is running for his third term after first being elected in 2017 when he ran unopposed. Professionally, he is an architect with Upton-based Brookhaven National Laboratory. Prior to his time on the board, Talty coached youth soccer and lacrosse in the district and served as a member of the PTA.
Also on the ballot is the district’s $109.7 million proposed budget, which represents a 0.32% decrease from last year.
The tax levy in the tentative budget is $85.5 million, which is a 1% increase and falls below the maximum tax levy increase of 1.74%
