Press Release
December 4, 2025
2026 School Board Nominating Committee Election Results
17 candidates have been elected on Dec. 3rd, 2025 to join the Scarsdale School Board Nominating Committee.
The following candidates were elected:
Edgewood – Sarah Rubenstein Polak, Amy Sofia, Doug Stone
Fox Meadow – Jennifer Kahan, Minjie (Elaine) Kang, Amanda Zaitchik
Greenacres – John Bumgarner, Hanna Robinson, Quan Zhou
Heathcote – Andrea Burinescu, Gayle Helman, Emily Shteinhauz, Yuanyuan (Tania) Yue
Quaker Ridge – Erik Avni, Natasha Beg, Jun (James) Jiang, Wendy Waxman
A total of 469 votes were cast in the election, 357 in person, 112 by mail-in ballot.
Vote totals for committee members, by neighborhood, were as follows:
Edgewood: 93
Fox Meadow: 212
Greenacres: 35
Heathcote: 86
Quaker Ridge: 43
This year’s new SBNC members will join the continuing members of the committee, each serving a three-year term on the SBNC followed by a 2-year term as part of the SBNC Administrative Committee.
The first SBNC meeting will be held on January 11, 2026, and by April 7th it will nominate two candidates for the Scarsdale Board of Education to fill the seats currently held by Amber Yusuf and Robert Klein whose terms expire at the end of this school year.
The 8 amendments to the Resolution were passed. A total of 360 Resolution ballots were cast in the election, of which 84 were mail-in ballots. The vote breakdown can be seen below.
All Scarsdale residents are welcome to propose Board of Education candidates to the SBNC chair at sbncchair@gmail.com. The SBNC Board of Education candidates, along with any other candidates who may choose to run, will stand for public election May 19, 2026 at the same time as the school budget vote.
Press Contact: Jocelyn (Gibian) Zoland & June (Xun) Deng, sbncelection@gmail.com
Amendment Vote Breakdown:
| Amdt | YES | NO | Left Blank | TOTAL |
| #1 | 328 | 21 | 11 | 360 |
| #2 | 329 | 17 | 14 | 360 |
| #3 | 266 | 41 | 53 | 360 |
| #4 | 332 | 13 | 15 | 360 |
| #5 | 308 | 38 | 14 | 360 |
| #6 | 287 | 52 | 21 | 360 |
| #7 | 299 | 33 | 28 | 360 |
| #8 | 320 | 16 | 24 | 360 |
Scarsdale SBNC 