CARMEL – A total of 22 residents of Putnam County have filed petitions to run for Board of Education seats in Putnam’s six school districts next month.
District clerks announced the candidates Tuesday following receipt of nominating petitions.
In Brewster, Dehisy Jimenez-Vazquez, Melissa Finateri and Trustee Kerry Cunningham are running for two seats on the Board of Education while in Carmel five candidates are running for two seats including Trustees Jordi Douglas and Jim Wise along with Dan Minieri, Jacob Yount and Elizabeth Alvarez.
There are two at-large vacancies on the Garrison School District board, with three candidates—Mac Lake, Dan Jasnow, and Edward “Ted” A’Zary—running for election.
In the Haldane School District in Cold Spring two candidates are running for one seat including Adam Burgoon and Tracy Bunye.
Seven candidates are seeking three seats on the Mahopac Board of Education including Trustee Michael Mongon and Lindsay DiCerbo, Adam Savino, Evan Yi-Win Fu, Jaime Dickson, Joseph Catalli and Alana Sweeny.
Two candidates are running for one open seat on the Putnam Valley Board of Education: Crystal Hernandez and Jay Lee.
Voting takes place in each district on May 19.



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