Raft of Board Seats Are Up

Those who are interested in running for school board seats in South Fork districts must hand in their nominating petitions by April 18. In most local schools, the paperwork is available through the district clerk during normal school hours.

Petitions must contain at least 25 signatures of adults who are 18 or over and who have lived in the respective school district for at least 30 days before the election, which will be held on May 17. Signatures must be in ink and must include an address that is not a post office box.

This year in Sag Harbor, two seats, held by Susan Kinsella and Chris Tice, will become available. Two seats in Springs, occupied by Jeff Miller and Adam Wilson, and two seats in Amagansett, occupied by Victoria Handy and Phelan Wolf, will become available. Three on the East Hampton School Board, now held by J.P. Foster, Wendy Geehreng, and Rich Wilson, are up for election, as are two in Bridgehampton, held by Jennifer Vinski and Larry LaPointe.

In Wainscott, Billy Babinski’s seat will be available, and in Sagaponack, Cathy Hatgistavrou’s seat is up. Patti Leber’s seat in Montauk will become available, and another vacancy will be created after Jason Biondo’s resignation becomes effective on June 30.

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An earlier version of this story did not list J.P. Foster, a member of the East Hampton School Board, whose term is expiring.