Board of Education

The Westbury Union Free School District Board of Education is the authorized state agency responsible for setting educational policy in the school district.  The Board of Education comprises seven trustees who serve three-year terms. The terms are staggered so that either two or three of the trustees are elected by the district’s voters each spring, and they are responsible for setting educational policy in the school district. The Board seeks to create a partnership reflecting the high standards of supportive families, conscientious learners, committed staff, and an involved community.

Board Trustees pay school taxes at the regular rate and receive no salary or other financial compensation. A minimum of four trustees constitutes a quorum, and four trustees must vote affirmatively to pass any motion.

All meetings, except executive sessions, are held in public. State law specifies which topics are to be considered in executive session only. Those topics include negotiations, real estate, and personnel. Names of individual students or individual staff members are mentioned only in executive session. Guests who wish to communicate with the Board on any items properly considered executive items should do so by letter. Any guest who speaks about executive topics or uses the names of any student or staff member will be ruled out of order by the presiding officer and will not be permitted to address the Board in public on that subject.

Although this is a meeting of the trustees of the Board of Education, opportunities for guests to speak are provided both at the beginning and the end of each meeting. The Opportunity for Guests at the start of the meeting is limited to 30 minutes unless extended by the presiding officer, and the discussion should be on issues relating to the night’s agenda. At the conclusion of the business portion of the meeting, the Board will entertain discussion on issues other than those pertaining to the agenda. Each speaker should limit his/her presentation to the Board to no longer than three minutes. Members of the audience who have pertinent information relevant to any specific topic under discussion by the Board may be called upon to speak during the meeting by and in the sole discretion of the presiding officer before the trustees vote on that topic. Agenda items may be taken out of order from time to time at the discretion of the presiding officer. All voting will be conducted in public session. Minutes of previous meetings may be obtained at the office of the District Clerk.

The Board of Education convenes one planning meeting and one action meeting each month at Westbury High School. The public is cordially invited to attend these public meetings which begin promptly at 7:30 pm. The agenda for each public meeting may be examined at the office of the Superintendent in the Administration Building, 2 Hitchcock Lane, as early as Monday preceding the meeting date.

District Clerk               
T: 516.874.1828 
E: districtclerk@westburyschools.org

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Voter Qualifications 
To be eligible to vote in any Westbury Union Free School District election, budget vote, or referendum, residents of the District must be:

• At least 18 years of age
• Citizen of the United States 
• A resident of the Westbury Union Free School District for at least 30 days prior to the vote date 
• Registered to vote

Voter Registration 
Residents must be registered for either general elections or school elections. Any person who resides in the Westbury Union Free School District and is registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections to vote in our District does not need to register separately with the School District.

If you are unsure whether you are registered for general elections, you can check your status by clicking here.

If you are not registered to vote, you may register in one of the following ways:

1. Register with the Nassau County Board of Elections using the NY State Voter Registration Form which can be found Here.

Return the completed form to the Board of Elections at P.O. Box 9002, Mineola, NY 11501

2. File an online application with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

https://dmv.ny.gov/more-info/electronic-voter-registration-application

3. Register with the Westbury Union Free School District Clerk by appointment

2 Hitchcock Lane
Old Westbury, NY 11568

Absentee Ballots

The District Clerk must receive absentee ballots by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the vote.

Polling Place for School Votes 

View Poll Place Finder Here

Candidate Packet ( Spanish, Haitian Creole)