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Candidates at Hendrick Hudson forum center on reserve funds, programs and facilities ahead of May 19 vote
Summary
Five candidates for two Hendrick Hudson Central School District board seats debated district finances, use of reserves after Indian Point’s closure, and priorities for instruction, special education and facilities at a PTA-hosted forum. The election is May 19; voting is in person at Frank G. Lindsey School, 7 a.m.–9 p.m.
Antoinette Pio, Amelia Silverman, Dan Salim, Tamika (Danica) Dietrich and Denise Rivera outlined how they would steer the Hendrick Hudson Central School District through a looming fiscal squeeze and stressed protecting classroom instruction and student services.
The forum, hosted by the district PTAs and moderated by student moderators Ardi Rajashaker and Victoria Shostak, focused early and repeatedly on finance: candidates described a major funding gap since the closure of Indian Point and urged continued advocacy for state and federal assistance. Danica Dietrich, the board’s vice president, said the district has tapped reserves to bridge losses: “This year alone, the board is having to use $7,600,000 out of that money in order to help keep the taxes at a reasonable place,” she said, describing the reserves as finite and urging long-term revenue work.
Why it matters: candidates and incumbents said the district has reorganized reserve funds into categories (capital, repair, retirement, energy stabilization and others) and set aside an undesignated fund balance target (about…
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