Four vie for New Paltz school board seats

Pictured left to right: Rod Dressel Jr., Patrick Rausch, Brian Cournoyer and Ruth Quinn. Rausch is running for re-election in May.(Photo by Lauren Thomas)

Pictured left to right: Rod Dressel Jr., Patrick Rausch, Brian Cournoyer and Ruth Quinn. Rausch is running for re-election in May. (Photo by Lauren Thomas)

This May’s school board election in New Paltz will be a four-way race for two open seats.

Seated incumbents Stephen Bagley and Patrick Rausch are running for re-election. But facing them are former board member Steve Greenfield and new challenger Aimee Hemminger.

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Candidates will appear on the ballot along with the $53.9 million budget and the $485,000 bus referendum on May 20. Look for an interview with the candidates in the paper next week.