Who’s running? Potential candidates step up for seats on board of education
The annual budget vote and election of trustees will take place on Tuesday, May 21; so far at least four candidates (three confirmed with the Journal) have shown interest in running for two available seats on the board of education.
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Updated April 8, 12:50pm and April 22, 6:45pm: The Northport Journal has confirmed with the Northport-East Northport school district four candidates for school board: incumbent Carol Taylor, Victoria Bento, Paul Darrigo and, as of today – the deadline for candidate packets to be submitted – Michael Cleary, a Northport native who returned to his hometown in 2020 and has two children in the district. He recently spoke at a Students for 60,000 forum after returning from the group’s trip to Kenya.
Two seats on the Northport-East Northport board of education for the 2024-2025 school year are up for election, as the terms of two trustees, Victoria Buscareno and Carol Taylor, are set to expire.
Candidate packets for election to the BOE are available at the William J. Brosnan building on Laurel Avenue in Northport. According to District Clerk Beth Nystrom, four candidate packets have been picked up so far, though none have been returned. The deadline for submission of completed packets is 5pm on Monday, April 22.
Sources close to the Journal said that three district residents not currently on the board have picked up candidate packets and plan to join the race for trustee. The Journal was able to confirm their intentions to run with two of those residents: Northport resident Paul Darrigo and Northport Village resident Victoria Bento.
Darrigo is senior vice president at Capital One Banking, and has two sons, one a current Northport High School student and the other a graduate. Bento, who ran for trustee in 2020, is a culinary arts teacher at West Hempstead Secondary School, as well as the president and professional development chair of the Long Island Family and Consumer Sciences Professionals, and a travel agent with Traveluxe.
Trustee Carol Taylor has confirmed with the Journal her run for reelection; she will be vying for her second term. Victoria Buscareno, who first joined the board in 2018, told the Journal just today that she will not be running for another term, calling her decision “bittersweet.” Board of education trustees are elected for three-year terms.
Full Northport Journal coverage of the race for seats on the board of education can be expected once candidate packets have been submitted and approved.
The annual budget vote and election of trustees will take place on Tuesday, May 21, from 6am to 9pm. For more information, click here.
