Public votePassed
2026-27 Scarsdale school budget
Scarsdale Union Free School District
The district reported preliminary approval by 2,193 yes to 647 no, or 77.2%.
Official source · verified Oct 13, 2026
District overview
Scarsdale Union Free School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
What does the community decide directly?
Locally elected board and annual voter approval
Seven at-large trustees govern Scarsdale's seven schools, while residents vote on the annual school budget and capital borrowing. The Board sets policy and goals; administrators carry out that direction. Two elected high-school students also serve as ex-officio members and report at meetings, but the reviewed sources do not establish that they cast binding Board votes.
Residents approved the 2026-27 budget
The district reported a 2,193 to 647 vote, a 77.2% approval rate, and said the budget stayed within the tax cap.
Residents approved a districtwide capital bond
The district reported a 2,030 to 805 vote. Its current Board goals place the bond in design, state-approval and construction work.
Seven elected trustees hold Board authority
Trustees serve staggered three-year terms. The current roster lists a president, vice president and five other members.
Two students sit with the Board
Lucy Eisenberg and Nathan Goldfarb won the May 2026 student election for ex-officio seats; official highlights show student members giving reports and participating in discussion.
The collected election results establish voter approval, but the BoardDocs budget and packet host returned HTTP 403. This page therefore does not state a total operating budget or bond principal that the accessible sources did not verify.
Where the district stands
2026-27 budget approvalverified
77.2%
Preliminary result reported by the district: 2,193 yes and 647 no.
2026 capital bond approvalverified
71.6%
Preliminary result reported by the district: 2,030 yes and 805 no.
Elected trusteesverified
7 members
Student ex-officio membersverified
2 members
District enrollmentcontext
4,713 students
NCES 2024-25 district directory context; not a collected Board record.
Major projects
2026 capital projects bond
Voter approved; implementation underwayThe district describes the bond as a collection of projects across all seven schools. Current Board goals call for planning and design, state approval and construction.
Project-specific designs, state approvals, contracts and construction schedules.
- District reports voters approved the bond 2,030 to 805.
- Board work remains focused on moving projects through design, state approval and construction.
Funding
Voter-approved capital bond; the accessible collected source does not establish the principal amount.
Phone-free school-day implementation
Off and Away rule in effectThe district says mobile phones and other personal electronic devices must remain Off and Away during school hours under New York's bell-to-bell restriction.
The required district annual report on enforcement of the policy.
- District says the statewide bell-to-bell restriction began in September 2025.
Funding
No implementation cost is established in the collected policy page.
Local elections & school board members
Elections & votes
BondPassed
2026 capital projects bond
Scarsdale Union Free School District
The district reported preliminary approval by 2,030 yes to 805 no, or 71.6%.
Official source · verified Oct 13, 2026
Board electionPassed
2026 Scarsdale Board of Education election
Scarsdale Union Free School District
The district reported Kevin Ziegler and Omer Wiczyk elected to three-year terms ending June 30, 2029.
Official source · verified Oct 13, 2026
School board members
- Suzie HahnPresident[email protected]
- Colleen BrownVice President[email protected]
- Leah DembitzerBoard Member[email protected]
- James C. DuganBoard Member[email protected]
- Omer WiczykBoard Member[email protected]
- Kevin ZieglerBoard Member[email protected]
All 62 current collector records were reconciled chronologically: 15 detailed official meeting highlights, 26 notices, 17 complete machine transcripts of official Vimeo recordings, three standing policy/governance pages and one election-results publication. Each transcript retains five-minute offsets and the official recording as its source.
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