Mineola Board of Education Trustee Cheryl Lampasona is running unopposed for re-election.
Lampasona joined the board in 2016. She ran unopposed for Vice President Patricia Navarra’s seat after Navarra stepped down to pursue a position with a national collective bargaining group for college professors.
If Lampasona is re-elected to a three-year term on May 17, it will be her third term on the board. Previously, she was co-president of the Hampton Street School PTA. She has worked as a full-time and part-time school teacher.
Lampasona joined the board shortly after the movement of Mineola parents opting their children out of state tests aligned with Common Core educational standards.
Voting for Mineola will take place from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Jackson Avenue and Meadow Drive Elementary School.
In the East Williston school district, two spots on the Board of Education are open as the terms of David Keefe and Tasneem Meghji are expiring. Both terms end on June 30.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 17 and voting will take place at the Wheatley School in Old Westbury.
In Herricks, one board seat is available for a three-year term following the expiration of the term currently held by Juleigh Chin. Also on the ballot will be the vote for the $125.3 million budget proposal for the 2022-23 school year. The proposal represents a spending increase of 1.99 percent from the current year and calls for a tax increase of 0.5 percent.
Breaking down the budget, 76 percent of it is devoted to programs and 13 percent goes to capital improvements, according to district officials. The district anticipates state aid of $16.6 million, an increase of $2.2 million from the current year.
A final budget review will be held on May 5.
Efforts to reach school district officials for further information were unavailing.
