North Country School Budget Voting Results for May, 2025

Folks across the North Country flocked to their respective school districts to vote on the annual budgets and board of education seats up for grabs. Here are the latest results local to our listening region:

*NOTE: Results are listed based on the greatest number of school districts within our listening area to the least.*

Lewis County:

Beaver River CSD:

*Voters approved a $23,255,699 budget.

District taxpayers voted for two BOE seats:

Ian Gilbert: 332
Jamie Zehr: 318
Keith Sixberry: 149

Copenhagen CSD:

*Voters approved a $12,679,726 budget.

District taxpayers voted for one BOE seat:

Gabrielle M. Thompson (no vote tally provided).

Harrisville CSD:

*Voters approved an $11,531,744 budget.

District taxpayers voted for one vacant BOE seat:

Brian Schrodt: 109
Mike Jackson: 76
Jessica Frerichs: 66

Lowville Academy:

*Voters approved a $31,425,533 budget.

District taxpayers voted for two contested BOE seats (three were up for renewal):

Seat 1:

Joseph Lawrence: 242
Casie Kolenda: 177

Seat 2:

Benjamin Manning: 237
Morgan Roberts: 184

Seat 3:

Bethany Munn: 379.

South Lewis CSD:

*Voters approved a $31,837,132 budget.

District taxpayers voted for two BOE seats:

Richard Ventura: 175
Patrick D’Ambrosi: 167
Lucy Austin: 152

Oneida County:

Adirondack CSD:

*Voters approved the budget (exact amount not provided).

Nina Ridge and Brittney Thornton were elected to the BOE.

Holland Patent CSD:

*Voters approved the budget (exact amount not provided). Proposition one passed.

Brumm, Yerman and Morgan elected to the BOE.

Remsen CSD:

*Voters approved the budget (exact amount not provided). Proposition one passed.

Nolan elected to the BOE.

Herkimer County:

Poland CSD:

*Voters approved the budget (exact amount not provided). Proposition passed.

Batson elected to the BOE.

Town of Webb Union Free School:

*Voters approved an $11,731,131 budget.

District taxpayers voted for one vacant BOE seat:

Elisha Cohen: 252
Bryan Bennett: 98
Jerry Rutherford: 32

West Canada Valley CSD:

*Voters approved the budget (exact amount not provided). Proposition passed.

Crocker, Kemler and Harrington elected to the BOE. 

Jefferson County:

Carthage CSD:

*Voters approved an $77.5 million budget. Capital reserve fund and funding for Carthage/Black River Libraries approved.

District taxpayers voted Sean McHale and Rob Siglar back to the BOE.

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