North Salem Central School District NORTH Salem, NEW YORK 10560 Notice of Annual Meeting, Election, Budget Vote and Registration of Voters     The Board of Education of the North Salem Central School District, HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that the Annual Meeting, Annual School District Election and Budget Vote of the residents of the School District, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District, will be held at the Pequenakonck Elementary School, 173 June Road, North Salem, NY on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, for the purpose of voting by voting machine on the statement of estimated expenses for the ensuing school year (School District Budget), and for the purpose of electing two (2) members of the Board of Education. Polls, for the purpose of voting, will be kept open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.   NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that a public hearing on the proposed 2026-2027 budget of the North Salem Central School District, will be held on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. in the Library of the North Salem Middle School/High School, 230 June Road, North Salem, NY. The purpose of such hearing will be for the Board to receive comments from the public on the proposed 2026-2027 expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof.   AND FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that a copy of the 2026-2027 Budget, exclusive of public monies, and specifying the several purposes and amount for each, may be obtained by any resident in the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the Annual Meeting, OTHER THAN A SATURDAY, SUNDAY OR HOLIDAY, at each of the following schoolhouses in which school is maintained, during the hours designated:   Pequenakonck Elementary School, 173 June Road - 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. North Salem Middle School/High School, 230 June Road - 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. North Salem District Administrative Offices, 230 June Road - 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.   Such statement will also be available at any public or free association library in the District, on the District’s website and at the Annual Meeting and School District Budget/Election Vote to be held as aforesaid, Tuesday, May 19, 2026..   NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to the final adopted budget, and will be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website.   NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for the office of Member of the Board of Education must be filed with the Clerk of the District at 230 June Road, North Salem, NY, not later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2026. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which a candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District; must state the name and residence address of each signer, and must state the name and residence address of the candidate. The following vacancies are to be filled on the Board of Education:   Term                                                                             Name of Last Incumbent   Three (3) years, expiring June 30, 2026                 Kurt Guldan Three (3) years, expiring June 30, 2026                 Andrew Brown   * * * * AND FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that voter registration is ongoing in the office of the District Clerk, 230 June Road, North Salem, NY during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.). The last day to register to vote is Thursday, May 14, 2026. Any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register provided that s/he personally appears and is known or proved to the satisfaction of the District Clerk to be then and thereafter entitled to vote at the school district meeting/election for which this register is prepared. The Board of Registration will also meet during the foregoing election, at Pequenakonck Elementary School, 173 June Road, North Salem, NY, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 during the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., for the purpose of preparing a register for elections/votes held subsequent to such election/vote.    NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that any person otherwise qualified to vote, who is currently registered for any general election, pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, or who is currently registered with the School District and has voted in 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025 in a school district election, shall be entitled to vote without further registration.   NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that any proposition to amend the budget, referenda or question permitted to be proposed by anyone other than the Board of Education in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2035 and 2038 of the Education Law, may be submitted for voting at such election, providing a Petition is signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters, together with the legal residence address of each; must be printed in the English language; and is filed with the Clerk of the District not later than thirty (30) days before the Annual Election. However, the Board of Education will not entertain any petition to place a proposition before voters that is not within the power of the voters to determine, or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditures of monies is required by the proposition, or any proposition prohibited by law.   NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that the register prepared pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law, including the names of military voters who submitted valid military voter registrations, will be filed in the Office of the Clerk in the District Office of the North Salem Central School District, 230 June Road, North Salem, NY, and that the same will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on each of the five (5) days prior to and including the day set for the election, OTHER THAN SUNDAY, and by prearranged appointment on Saturday May 16, 2026.   NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that applications for early mail and absentee ballots may be applied for at the Office of the School District Clerk. An application for an early mail and absentee ballot may be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the Annual Meeting and Election. Applications for early mail and absentee ballots must be received by the School District Clerk by May 12, 2026, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or, if the ballot is to be picked up by the voter or his/her designated agent, on May 18, 2026. Upon receiving a timely application for a mailed early mail and absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address designated on the application by no later than six (6) days before the Annual Meeting and Election. No absentee or early mail voter’s ballot will be canvassed unless it has been received in the office of the District Clerk of the School District no later than 5:00 PM on May 19, 2026. A list of all persons to whom absentee and early ballots have been issued will be available in the Office of the District Clerk’s office during office hours on or after May 14, 2026 until May 19,2026, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, by prearranged appointment. Early voting ballots may not be made on the basis that the voter should have applied for an absentee ballot.   AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that military voters who are not currently registered to vote may obtain an application to register as a qualified voter of the District and military voters who are registered to vote may obtain an application for a military ballot, for the Annual Meeting on May 19, 2026, by contacting the District Clerk at 230 June Road, North Salem, NY 10560, Telephone (914) 669-5414, Ext. 1011, or email at ktuohy@northsalemschools.org. The military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the registration and/or ballot application by mail, by facsimile or email. The completed application to register and/or for a military ballot must be received by the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 P.M. on April 24, 2026. Military ballots will be mailed or otherwise distributed no later than 25 days before the election. Military ballots must be returned by mail or in person and received by the District Clerk by 5:00 P.M. on May 19, 2026.   BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE NORTH SALEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Westchester and Putnam Counties, New York Dated: March 16, 2026, North Salem, New York Kristin Tuohy, District Clerk 12174630