Annual school district election and public hearing on proposed budget scheduled for May 2026.

WAYNE COUNTY

LEGAL NOTICE



LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION &

PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED BUDGET

North Rose - Wolcott Central School District

Wolcott, New York



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of North Rose - Wolcott Central School District (the “District”), Wayne County, New York that the annual election of the District shall occur on the 19th day of May, 2026, in the North Rose - Wolcott High School, 11631 Salter-Colvin Rd., Wolcott, New York from 12:00 noon until 8:00 PM for the purpose of voting, by paper ballot upon the propositions hereinafter as follows:

Proposition No. 1: 2026-27 Budget 

Shall the budget for the North Rose-Wolcott Central School District (the “District”) for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027, as presented by the Board of Education, in the amount of $xxxxxx be approved and adopted, the required funds be appropriated and the necessary real property taxes required be raised by a tax on the taxable property in the District to be levied and collected as required by law?

Proposition No. 2: Transportation Purchases and Expenditures

Shall the Board of Education of the North Rose-Wolcott Central School District, be authorized to purchase the following motor vehicles for use in student transportation: three (3) 35-passenger school buses and two (2) 64-passenger school buses at an aggregate cost not to exceed $925,000, less any trade in value, with such sum to be paid from an expenditure from the District’s existing Capital Reserve Fund (known as the “Bus Purchase Capital Reserve Fund”), established by the voters of the District in May 2023; and that the District shall be authorized to enter into one or more purchase contracts on terms satisfactory to the Board of Education, with respect to the vehicles hereby authorized to be acquired?

If necessary, due to space constraints on the voting ballot, said proposition may be presented in substantially the following abbreviated form:

Shall the Board of Education of the North Rose-Wolcott Central School District be authorized to purchase three (3) 35-passenger school buses and two (2) 64-passenger school buses at an aggregate cost not to exceed $925,000 less any trade in value, with such sum to be paid from an expenditure from the District’s existing Capital Reserve Fund, established by the voters in May 2023 and the District further authorized to enter into one or more purchase contracts on terms satisfactory to the Board of Education, with respect to the vehicles hereby authorized to be acquired?

Proposition No. 3: Annual Appropriations For Wolcott Public Library and Rose Free Library 

Shall the annual sum collected by the North Rose – Wolcott Central School District as required by New York State Education and Municipal laws for the 2026-27 operating budgets of the Wolcott Public Library and the Rose Free Library, as determined by both Library Boards of Trustees, be increased by $27,000.00 to the total sum of $286,100.00 annually, to be allocated in the amounts of $150,000 to the Wolcott Public Library and $136,100.00 to the Rose Free Library?

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the estimated monies which will be required during the 2026-27 fiscal year for school purposes, specifying the purposes and the amount of each and a copy of the report of the amount of total assessed value of the final assessment roll(s) used in the budgetary process that is exempt from taxation will be available, upon request, to taxpayers in this District during the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM from April 30, 2026 to May 19, 2026, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, at each schoolhouse in the District, the Rose Free Library, the Wolcott Public Library, and on the District website: www.nrwcs.org.

 FURTHER NOTICE GIVEN that the Board of Education will hold a public hearing on May 7, 2026 at 6:00pm in the Large Group Instruction Room located at 11631 Salter-Colvin Road, Wolcott, NY 14590, for the purpose of presenting expenditure of funds and budgeting therefore related to the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the necessary expenditures of the District for the school year 2026-2027, at which time and place all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same will have an opportunity to be heard.

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for the office of Board of Education member must be filed with the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM local time, on April 20, 2026. Vacancies for school board members will occur as follows:




Two (2) Board Members will be elected at that time:

 * One (1) term which begins July 1, 2026 and ends June 30, 2031, to succeed Ms. Linda Eygnor, the incumbent, whose term of office expires June 30, 2026;
 * One (1) term which begins May 20, 2026 and ends June 30, 2027, to succeed Casie DeWispelaere, who was appointed to act until May 19, 2026, after the passing of Shelly Cahoon.

The candidate that receives the most votes will receive the five-year term. The candidate that receives the second most votes will receive the shorter term.

Petitions to nominate a candidate for a member of the Board of Education may be secured from the District Clerk at the District Office, 11631 Salter-Colvin Road, Wolcott, New York 14590, Monday through Friday, exclusive of legal holidays, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Each petition shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District, and state the name and residence address of each candidate and the name and residence address of each signer.

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that the election of members of the Board of Education is at large. The candidate receiving the greatest number of votes cast will be elected.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots and early mail ballots may be obtained from the District Clerk between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM Monday - Friday, excluding holidays. Applications must be received no earlier than 30 days before the election and at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. The District Clerk must receive absentee ballots or early mail ballot no later than 5:00 PM local time on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots and early mail ballot have been issued will be available for public inspection during regular business hours in the Office of the District Clerk during each of the 5 business days prior to the election. A challenge to an early voting ballot may not be made on the basis that the voter should have applied for an absentee ballot.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that military voters who are qualified voters of the School District may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk at (315) 594-2020 or tstjohn@nrwcs.org. For a military voter to be issued a military ballot, the District Clerk must have received a valid ballot application no later than 5:00 PM on April 20, 2026. In a request for a military ballot application or ballot, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application or ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law requires the District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. In addition, said exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on the District’s website; and

Section 4: That the District Clerk is authorized and directed to cause such notice of the public hearing and annual school election to be given in substantially the form herein before prescribed by publishing the same four (4) times within the seven (7) weeks preceding the annual school election (May 19, 2026), the first publication to appear at least forty-five (45) days before the event, in the Lake Shore News and the Finger Lakes Times the official district newspapers, and by giving such other notice as may be deemed advisable.




Dated: March 2026 By Order of the Board of Education of the North Rose-Wolcott Central School District

Wolcott, NY 14590

Tina St. John, District Clerk