Scarsdale, NY (1/13/2026) – The School Board Nominating Committee (SBNC) is seeking to identify potential candidates to serve on the Scarsdale Board of Education. The SBNC held its first meeting of the 2026 season on January 11th and is now engaged in active outreach to build a robust candidate pool.
Over the next several weeks, SBNC members will recruit and review candidates in order to nominate two candidates for the nonpartisan slate in the next school board election. The school board election and budget vote are slated for Tuesday, May 19, 2026. The two BOE members who are completing their second term officially announced at the January 12 BOE meeting that they will not be running for another term.
The SBNC invites all Scarsdale School District residents to propose names of qualified individuals to serve on the Scarsdale Board of Education by email to sbncchair@gmail.com. A candidate must be at least 18 years old, a U.S. citizen, a qualified voter, and a resident of the Scarsdale School District for at least one year prior to the May 19th school board election date. Jenny Simon Tabak, SBNC Chair, stated: “The non-partisan SBNC process continues to enable a wide-range of Scarsdale citizens to be considered for nomination to the Board of Education. We welcome service-minded residents to step forward to help shape educational policies that support the children of our community.”
Interested candidates should complete a biographical information form and submit it via email to sbncchair@gmail.com as soon as possible, but no later than 7:00pm on Friday, February 6, 2026. The application form is available on the SBNC website at scarsdalesbnc.org. Please see the “Join the School Board” tab or contact the SBNC Chair (sbncchair@gmail.com) for further information.
Contacts:
Jenny Simon Tabak, Chair
Jennifer Zola, Vice Chair
Scarsdale SBNC 