Residents of the Pine Plains Central School District passed the Board of Education’s $37.6-million 2024–25 budget on May 21 by a vote of 285 to 106. Of the estimated 6,713 eligible voters, 6% turned out, approving all propositions, including the purchase of three school buses for a total of $461,970 – and the three BOE candidates, who ran unopposed. Results are below.
Proposition 1: 2024–25 School District Budget
Shall the PPCSD Board of Education be authorized to expend the sum of $37,689,744 for school district purposes for the 2024-2025 school year and to levy the necessary tax?
285 yes
106 no
Proposition 2: Bus Purchase
Shall the PPCSD Board of Education be authorized to purchase three 65-passenger school buses, including cameras and necessary equipment, each at a maximum estimated cost of $153,990 for an aggregate maximum estimated cost of $461,970…and that sum shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said school district and collected in annual installments…?
261 yes
128 no
Proposition 3: Repair Reserve Fund
Shall the PPCSD Board of Education fund the [established] repair reserve fund by transferring up to $2 million of unappropriated, unassigned fund balance from the 2023-2024 school year to the repair reserve fund?
295 yes
96 no
Proposition 4: Student to serve as ex officio member of the Board of Education
Shall the PPCSD establish the office of Student Board Member, a non-voting member of the BOE, who may sit with and participate with the BOE at all public meetings, except executive sessions?
327 yes
63 no
Board of Education election (three seats)
Jean Stapf—334
Joseph Kiernan—319
Claire Copley-Eisenberg—307
Board of Education seat write-ins
Divo Martini—8
Al Blackburn—2
Scott Cavey—2
Al Blackburn, Jr.—1
Henry Boehringer—1
Debbie Lewis—1
Sean McMahon—1
Victor T. Mitchess—1
Andreas Wienhardt—1