Voting for school and library budgets on May 19, 2026.

Legal 2192986901 NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LIBRARY ELECTION SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SEAFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that voting upon the estimated expenses for school and library purposes for the Seaford Union Free School District (the "School District") and the Seaford Public Library (the "Public Library'), for the school year 2026/2027, the election of members of the Board of Education and Library Board of Trustees, Proposition No. 1 (School Budget 2026/2027) and Proposition No. 2 (Public Library Budget 2026/2027), as follows, will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 in each of the school election districts heretofore established: PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL BUDGET 2026/2027 RESOLVED, that the proposed 2026/2027 Budget providing for the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of the School District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, as presented by the Board of Education of the Seaford Union Free School District at Seaford, Nassau County, New York, at the Public Hearing, be approved and the Board of Education be authorized to levy the necessary tax therefor. PROPOSITION NO. 2 PUBLIC LIBRARY BUDGET 2026/2027 RESOLVED, that the library budget in the amount of $2,658,614 for the year 2026-2027 proposed by the Board of Trustees of the Seaford Public Library and the levy of a tax therefor in the amount of $2,480,922 in accordance with the Education Law shall be approved. VOTING will be by ballot on voting machines in the schoolhouses designated in each of the separate school election districts heretofore established and the polls will remain open from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., and as much longer as may be necessary for all voters then present to cast their votes. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the electors have previously adopted a proposition providing that vacancies upon the Board of Education shall not be considered separate specific offices and that the nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board of Education for which the candidate is nominated. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election of members of the Board of Education shall be as follows: Two (2) members of the Board of Education each for a full term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2026. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election for one (1) member of the Board of Trustees of the Seaford Public Library shall be as follows: One member for a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031 (incumbent Margaret D. Grub). NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES: Candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be nominated by petition. Each petition for candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District ("the District Clerk"), in the Seaford Manor School, Washington Avenue, Seaford, New York, shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the School District, shall state the residence of each signer, and shall state the residence of the candidate. To nominate a candidate for the Public Library Board, the petition must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the School District. Vacancies on the Board of Trustees are not considered separate specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated. Each petition shall be filed in the District Clerk's Office between the hours of 9:00 am. and 4:00 p.m., and by not later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2026. SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICTS: The boundaries of the following School Election District shall be as heretofore determined and published by the Board of Education and the place in each election district for registration and voting shall be as follows: a) FIRST SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT - Registration and voting at the Seaford Manor School, Washington Avenue, Seaford, New York Community members who reside within the geographic boundaries of the Manor Elementary School shall be required to cast their ballots at the Manor Elementary School. b) SECOND SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT - Voting at the Seaford Harbor School, Bayview Street, Seaford, New York. CommItnity members who reside within the geographic boundaries of the Harbor Elementary School shall be required to cast their ballots at the Frotbor Elementary School. The geographic boundaries for these attendance zones are set forth on the transportation map contained within the office of the AssistantSuperintendent for Business and may be reviewed upon request. PERSONAL REGISTRATION OF VOTERS All qualified voters of the School District must be registered in the School Registration books in order to vote at such election on May 19, 2026. The following persons shall be eligible to vote: All persons who shall have presented themselves personally for registration in accordance herewith and all persons who shall have previously registered hereunder for any annual or special meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or election held or conducted during the four calendar years prior to 2026 (i.e., 2021-2025). In addition, all persons who are registered to vote pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred fifty-two of the Election Law of the State of New York shall be eligible to vote. Registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote shall continue to take place until May 12, 2026, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. in the District Clerk's office. The District Clerk shall prepare the Register of the School District on the dates and times above specified, and any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such Register provided that at that time, he/she is then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such register is prepared. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the District Clerk shall also be present during the annual School District and Public Library election at each schoolhouse where voting shall take place for the purpose of preparing a register for School District and Public Library elections held subsequent thereto. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Register of Voters so prepared as aforesaid shall be filed in the District Clerk's Office upon its completion where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the School District, between the hours of 9:00 am . and 3:30 p.m. and on each of the five days prior to the date set for the election except for Sunday, and it shall also be open for inspection on Saturday, by appointment. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that there will be a Public Hearing on the proposed School District budget on Wednesday May 6, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. in Seaford Manor Elementary School All-Purpose Room, 1590 Washington Avenue, Seaford, New York. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Library, for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof for the Seaford Public Library for the fiscal year 2026-2027. Said hearing will be held on Monday, May 11, 2026, at 7:00 P.M. in the Seaford Public Library, Valentine Meehan Memorial Community Meeting Room, 2234 Jackson Avenue, Seaford, New York. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the proposed 2026/2027 School District budget, as prepared by the Board of Education and the Public Library budget, will be available on request to the taxpayers and be obtained at any school house in the School District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on each day other than a Saturday or Sunday or holiday and at the Seaford Public Library, Jackson Avenue, Seaford, New York, between the hours of 10:00 am. and 6:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, and 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays, on each day other than a Sunday or holiday, during the fourteen (14) day period preceding the annual meeting and election. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices; as well as on the District's website. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE Application for absentee and early mail ballots for the school district and public library election may be made at the District Clerk's office on Mondays through Fridays, excluding holidays, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p .m. Applications for absentee or early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election. Furthermore, such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter,