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 Thirty-Nine Million, Eighty Thousand Dollars ($39,080,000) 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?

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?

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 to the total sum of $286,100 annually to be allocated in the amounts of $150,000 to the Wolcott Public Library and $136,100 to the Rose Free Library, be approved?

Residents will be asked to elect two members to the Board of Education. One term begins July 1, 2026 and ends June 30, 2031 to succeed incumbent Linda Eygnor. One term begins May 20, 2026 and ends June 30, 2027 to succeed Casie DeWispelaere, who was appointed to act until May 19, 2026 following the passing of Shelly Cahoon. The candidate who receives the most votes will receive the five-year term, and the candidate who receives the second most votes will receive the shorter term. If you wish to write in candidates who are not on the ballot, you may do so at voting time following the instructions on the ballot.

There are three candidates for the two available board terms, listed below in order of appearance on the ballot:

• Nikole Smith
• Linda Eygnor
• Wade Kniffin