Board of Education Trustee final vote count announced
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Board of Education Trustee final vote count announced
The Mount Vernon City School District needed an extra day to determine the winners of the Board of Trustee race to fill four of the five seats being contested. Following the closing of the polls at 9 pm on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, electronic results were reported and absentee ballots were counted, but 23 affidavit ballots still needed to be verified by the Westchester County Board of Elections and ballots that met residency requirements were counted.
One candidate, Lynne Middleton, had enough votes early Wednesday morning to be sworn into the Board of Trustees. The 23 affidavit ballots would not have made a difference in her victory. Of the 23 affidavit ballots, 20 were approved by the Board of Elections Wednesday. After tabulating the affidavit ballots, the final unofficial results of the election, pending the certification by the Board of Education, are:
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Lynne Middleton (865 votes) was sworn in on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, and will serve a full term, expiring June 30, 2026
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Sabina Kelley (838 votes) will be sworn in at a special meeting this week for a full term, expiring June 30, 2026
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Warren Mitchell (831 votes) will be sworn in on July 1, 2023, and serve a full term, expiring on June 30, 2026
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Orville Gayle (796 votes) will be sworn in at a special meeting this week and will serve the unexpired portion of a term that will run through June 30, 2024
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Helene Njenga (745 votes) will be sworn in at a special meeting this week and will serve the unexpired portion of a term that will run through June 30, 2024
Other candidates who did not earn a seat on the board: Cynthia Crenshaw (742 votes), Donna Marable (677 votes), Rosemarie Jarosz (673 votes), Precious Ferrell (656 votes), Erica Peterson (650 votes), Gloria Atisogbuie (649 votes) and Kenyetta Thomas (315 votes).
Thank you to everyone in the Mount Vernon community for coming out to vote and approving the 2023-2024 school year budget.
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Caiden Hylton, an 11th grade STEAM Academy student on the Mount Vernon Varsity Wrestling Team, won the Hendrick Hudson Wrestling Tournament, a large competition of over 370 wrestlers, on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Congratulations Caiden!
The first public reading of an amendment to the Code of Conduct, 7300.60 - Student Searches and Interrogations, was completed at the Regular Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Click here to view the amendment.
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Tara Lattimer-Wilson, school counselor at Denzel Washington School of the Arts, graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1992 and has committed much of her career to working in the school district she was raised in. She began her career in education as an outreach coordinator for the STAR (Success Through Academic Readiness) Program at MVHS. She then became a school counselor in NYC and returned to work Mount Vernon in 2007 as a school counselor.
The Mount Vernon City School District will hold High School Showcase Night for eighth-grade students and their families at Mount Vernon High School on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 6 to 8 p.m. Each of the three theme-based high schools – Denzel Washington School of the Arts, Mount Vernon High School, and Mount Vernon STEAM Academy – will highlight what they have to offer to students who are considering their schools.
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Sarah Amer is a star student and highly accomplished senior at Mount Vernon High School who shows a great commitment to her academics, community, and future by giving 100 percent of herself wherever she can. She has already earned college acceptances and scholarships ahead of her graduation in June.
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Several Mount Vernon City School District students graduated from the Environmental Leaders of Color (ELOC) Technology and the Environment Advanced Computer Program at SUNY Mount Vernon Extension Center on Saturday, December 14, 2024. Students learned Python coding and created online games from scratch using the skills for their final projects. These games included original titles such as Hair Boutique and Fisherman's Game and adaptations of popular games like Blackjack, Sudoku and Ant Farm.