Notice of Special Meeting and Election
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND ELECTION
ROCKLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
TOWNS OF ROCKLAND, CALLICOON, FREMONT, NEVERSINK, AND LIBERTY, SULLIVAN COUNTY, TOWN OF HANCOCK, DELAWARE COUNTY AND TOWN OF HARDENBURGH, ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Special Meeting and Election will be held on December 15, 2026 between the hours of 12PM and 8PM, prevailing time, in the Two (2) Election Districts namely Rockland High School gymnasium, 19 School Street, Livingston Manor, New York, and Rockland Elementary School gymnasium, 6 Academy Street, Roscoe, New York, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following item:
(1) To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education to fill the remainder of an unexpired term created by the resignation of Edward Gorr, which expires on June 30, 2028, with the successful candidate for such unexpired term to take office immediately upon being elected and duly qualified.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at her office at 19 School Street, Livingston Manor, NY 12758, not later than November 16, 2026 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Nominating petitions must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 qualified voters or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); must state the name and residence of each signer; and must state the name and residence of the candidate.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee and early mail ballots will be obtainable during school business hours at the office of the District Clerk beginning November 16, 2026. In accordance with Education Law §§ 2018-a and 2018-e, completed absentee and early mail ballot applications may not be received by the District Clerk earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the election, and must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) 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 to the agent named in the absentee or early mail ballot application. Absentee and early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on December 15, 2026.
A list of persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued, and a list of all persons to whom early mail voter’s ballots shall have been issued, will be available for public inspection beginning December 10, 2026, in the office of the District Clerk during regular office hours, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., each weekday through December 15, 2026, the day set for the election. Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such lists, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appears on such lists, stating the reasons for such challenge. Any such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on election day.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law in the Rockland Central School District or its predecessor districts and has voted at an annual or special district meeting in such district within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election.
All other persons who wish to vote must register. The Board of Registration will meet for the purposes of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to Education Law §2014 at 19 School Street, Livingston Manor, NY on Between December 8, 2026 and December 11, 2026 between the hours of 12PM and 4PM prevailing time, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid Special Meeting and Election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such Special Meeting and Election for which the Register is prepared. The Register so prepared pursuant to Education Law §2014 will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District in the Rockland Middle/High School Building, located at 19 School Street, Livingston Manor, NY 12758, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on December 10, 2026 between the hours of 12PM and 4PM, prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the Special Meeting and Election, except Sunday or holidays, and on Saturday by pre-arranged appointment, and at the polling places on the day of the Special Meeting and Election.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the Rockland Central School District by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, by mail to District Clerk, Rockland Central School District, 19 School Street, P.O. Box 947, Livingston Manor, NY 12758, by email to marlyn.peters@rcsd.us or fax sent to 845-439-3458. The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application, by either mail, fax or email. Military voter registration application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 19, 2026.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the Rockland Central School District, may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk in person, by mail to District Clerk, Rockland Central School District, 19 School Street, P.O. Box 947, Livingston Manor, NY 12758, by email to marlyn.peters@rcsd.us or by fax sent to 845-439-3458. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email. A military voter must return the original military ballot application to the District Clerk in person, or by mail to District Clerk, Rockland Central School District, 19 School Street, P.O. Box 947, Livingston Manor, NY 12758. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., on November 19, 2026. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned in person to the Office of the District Clerk or by mail to District Clerk, Rockland Central School District, 19 School Street, P.O. Box 947, Livingston Manor, NY 12758. Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before the close of polls on December 15, 2026, 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 received not later than 5:00 p.m. on December 15, 2026 and signed and dated by the military voter and one (1) witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that election districts have been established in the School District. The boundaries of the election districts, as adopted by resolution of the Board of Education, and the polling place in each election district shall be as follows:
Election District No. 1 – Rockland High School
● Boundary lines of the predecessor Livingston Manor Central School District
Election District No. 2 – Rockland Elementary School
● Boundary lines of the predecessor Roscoe Central School District
Dated: Livingston Manor, New York
October 26, 2026
By Order of the
Board of Education of the Rockland Central School District
Towns of Rockland, Callicoon, Fremont, Neversink and Liberty, Sullivan County, Town of Hancock, Delaware County and Town of Hardenburgh, Ulster County, New York
Marlyn Peters, District Clerk