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New Officers for a New School Board Selection Committee
by Judy Silberstein
(November 5, 2003) The next School Board
election is not until May of 2004, but the Committee for
the Selection of School Board Nominees for the
Mamaroneck School District (known as the Selection Committee) has already started
its cycle of internal reorganizations, meetings and public announcements. There's
new leadership, and the nine members elected last spring to three year terms
have
joined
those
elected
in the two previous years. (See: Election
Results)
The new Chairperson is Syl Michael Morrone,
who had been serving as interim chair since May. Vice-chair
is Ann Katzenstein and Publicity Chairperson is Emily Saltzman
Hoffner.
The Committee for
the Selection of School Board Nominees 2003-2004
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Central School
Charles Beiner
Renee Cohen
Jennifer Dolan-Waldman
Emily Saltzman Hoffner
Syl Morrone
Aran Ron
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Chatsworth School
Mary Davis
Amy Giddon
Blythe Hamer
Susan McLaren
Jim Warner
Ellen Zuckert
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Mamaroneck Avenue
School
Paul Downs
Julie Gale
David Hachey
Lori Janoff
Lynn Podolsky
Ken Stier
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Murray Avenue School
Debra Brown
Nancy Glass
Ann Katzenstein
Ronda Lustman
Marjorie Shapiro
Joan Zauderer
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The Selection Committee is an independent
organization whose twenty-four members are elected from
the four elementary school districts. The mission is to
recruit and select community members to run for the Mamaroneck
School Board. A few months before the May elections, the
Committee will announce its selections and introduce its
candidates to the public.
In recent years, the Selection
Committee has endorsed one candidate for each open seat
on the School Board. The Committee has also helped its
endorsed candidates run in contested elections.
"As we have done successfully in the past,
we are looking forward this year to reaching out to the
community at large to identify highly qualified, potential
School Board candidates," said new Chairman Morrone. "This
year there are two seats up for election in May," he pointed
out.
Most of the Selection Committee meetings
are held in private, but there will be a series of open
events where the community is invited to learn about the
process of selecting candidates and the criteria used to
assess the suitability of potential candidates.
It's not too soon to contact the Committee
about serving on the School Board or the Committee itself.
Any interested resident should
call
834-4388 or email mers@optonline.net
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