NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES OF THE MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT   NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Westchester County, Mamaroneck, New York, will be held remotely, if legally permissible, or in the Tiered Classroom at Mamaroneck High School at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 for the presentation of the budget document.   NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting and Election of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Westchester County, Mamaroneck, New York, will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, for the purpose of voting upon:   1. Adoption of the budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year; and   2. Election of two members of the Board of Education for full three-year terms, beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2029, to succeed David Carlos and Michele Metsch.   3. A proposition to read as follows:   “That the Board of Education of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, in the County of Westchester, New York, (the “District”), is hereby authorized to construct/reconstruct/renovate District schools and/or sites (the “Project”), including, auditorium, common space, restroom, kitchen, library/media, public address, playground, field and parking improvements; the construction of security vestibules, kitchen facilities and visitor’s bleachers; the replacement of scoreboards, stage lighting, fire alarm panels, HVAC roof-top units, and corridor tile; the foregoing to include the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, interior reconstruction and reconfiguration, demolition, and ancillary or related site or other work required in connection therewith including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated cost of not to exceed $9,000,000; and (b) that the amount of $9,000,000 from the District’s “2025 Capital Reserve Fund”, approved by the voters of the District on May 20, 2025, is hereby authorized to be expended to pay the cost of the Project, and such expenditure is hereby approved.”   The vote will be taken between the hours of 7 o’clock a.m. to 9 o’clock p.m. in each of the four election districts at the following places:   1. Central Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Central School, Palmer Avenue, Larchmont New York.   2. Mamaroneck Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Mamaroneck Avenue School, Mamaroneck Avenue, Mamaroneck, New York.   3. Chatsworth Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Larchmont Avenue Church, Forest Park Ave, Larchmont, New York.   4. Murray Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Murray Avenue School, Murray Avenue, Larchmont, New York.   A qualified voter shall vote at the place herein above designated within the School District and Election District in which such qualified voter resides. Voting machines will be used to record the vote.   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that personal registration of voters is required.   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that voter registration for the District is ongoing until Thursday, May 14, 2026 from 9:00 o’clock A.M. until 3:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time), Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, at the office of the District Clerk, Mamaroneck Union Free School District, 1000 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York, and on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 from 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Any person is entitled to have his/her name placed upon such Register if he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote.   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration shall meet during the Annual Meeting and Election at the election districts (each elementary school) for the purpose of preparing a register for meetings or elections to be held subsequent to such Annual Meeting and Election.   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that immediately upon the completion of the register so prepared by members of the Board of Registration, and not later than five days prior to Tuesday, May 19, 2026, the register shall be filed in the District Clerk’s office and thereafter shall be open to inspection by any qualified voter of the school district between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m. and 4 o’clock p.m. on each day up to and including the day of the Annual Meeting and Election, except Sundays and also available for inspection on Saturday, May 16, 2026 by appointment only.   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any person who shall be registered with the Board of Registration of the school district, and who has voted in 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025 in a School District election, or who shall be registered to vote in general elections, shall be entitled to vote at said election without re-registering with the School District.   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for office of member of the Board of Education must be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, 1000 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York, between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m. and 4 o’clock p.m. not later than thirty days preceding the date of election of members, to wit, April 20, 2026, and shall be subscribed by not less than 26 qualified voters of the district.   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that copies of the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters at this Annual Election and a statement of estimated expenses for the ensuing year will be completed and copies made available at each schoolhouse in the district in which a school is maintained, from 9 o’clock a.m. to 3 o’clock p.m. on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday during the fourteen days immediately preceding said Annual Election, to wit, May 5, 2026 to May 19, 2026, inclusive, and also on said Annual Election Day.   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any and all further propositions to be placed upon the ballot shall be by petition filed in the Office of the District Clerk not later than thirty days preceding the day of election, to wit, April 20, 2026, and shall be subscribed by not less than 66 qualified district voters.   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee and early mail ballots may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk of the District no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election. 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, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely application for a mailed absentee and/or early mail ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address designated on the application by no later than six (6) days before the election. A list of all persons to whom absentee and/or early mail ballots shall have been issued will be available in the said office of the clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sundays and also available for inspection on Saturday, May 16, 2026 by appointment only.   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot. Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 23, 2026. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is (1) received in the office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election.   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN 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                                                                                                 By order of the                                                                                                 BOARD OF EDUCATION                                                                                                 Joanne Rice                                                                                                 District Clerk 12198111