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Brentwood Union Free School District Elections
General election date:
May 17, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
17,963 students

Two of the seven seats on the Brentwood Union Free School District school board were up for general election on May 17, 2016. Seat 3 incumbent Robert Feliciano defeated Hector Melgar. Incumbent Paula Moore also defeated challenger Camille Serrano for Seat 4.[1]

Elections

Voter and candidate information

The Brentwood Union Board of Education consists of seven members elected to three-year terms. Each seat is elected by a specific geographic district that aligns with the district's elementary school attendance areas. These seats do not have titles, but they are considered distinct from one another. Ballotpedia has assigned generic titles to all seven seats on the board to prevent confusion. These seat titles are arbitrary and do not reflect the status or seniority of the board members holding them. Board members are elected on a staggered basis every year in May. Two seats were up for election in 2016. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on May 17, 2016.[2][3][4]

School board candidates had to be at least 18 years old, qualified voters of the district and residents of the district for at least one year prior to the election. They also had to be able to read and write and could not be employees of the school district.[5] To get on the ballot, candidates had to file nominating petitions to the district clerk by 5 p.m. on April 18, 2015.[2]

Candidates and results

Seat 3 (Feliciano seat)

Results

Brentwood Union Free School District,
Seat 3 General Election, 3-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Robert Feliciano Incumbent 64.41% 1,399
Hector Melgar 35.59% 773
Total Votes 2,172
Source: Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with District Clerk Kathy Hooey," July 5, 2016

Candidates

Robert Feliciano Green check mark transparent.png Hector Melgar

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  • Incumbent

Hector Melgar.jpg

  • President, Tri Motion Physical Therapy
  • Associates degree, Suffolk County Community College
  • Bachelor's degree, Hunter College

Seat 4 (Moore seat)

Results

Brentwood Union Free School District,
Seat 4 General Election, 3-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Paula Moore Incumbent 62.94% 1,355
Camille Serrano 37.06% 798
Total Votes 2,153
Source: Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with District Clerk Kathy Hooey," July 5, 2016

Candidates

Paula Moore Green check mark transparent.png Camille Serrano

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  • Incumbent

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Additional elections

See also: New York elections, 2016

The Brentwood school board election shared the ballot with the district's annual budget.

Key deadlines

The following dates are key deadlines for Brentwood Union Free School District in 2016:[6]

Deadline Event
April 18, 2016 Candidate filing deadline
April 22, 2016 First campaign finance deadline
May 17, 2016 Election Day
May 30, 2016 Final campaign finance deadline

Endorsements

Feliciano and Moore received official endorsements from Brentwood Assemblyman Phil Ramos.[7]

Campaign finance

No contributions or expenditures were reported during the election, according to the New York State Board of Elections.[8]

Past elections

About the district

See also: Brentwood Union Free School District, New York
Brentwood Union Free School District is located in Suffolk County, N.Y.

Brentwood Union Free School District is located in southern New York in Suffolk County. The county seat is Riverhead. Suffolk County was home to 1,501,587 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[9] Brentwood Union Free School District is located in New York. The district was the sixth-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 17,963 students.[10]

Demographics

Suffolk County underperformed in comparison to New York as a whole in terms of higher education achievement in 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 33.5 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 33.7 percent of state residents. The median household income in Suffolk County was $88,323, compared to $58,687 for the state. The poverty rate in the county was 7.7 percent, compared to 15.9 percent for the entire state.[9]

Racial Demographics, 2014[9]
Race Suffolk County (%) New York (%)
White 85.2 70.4
Black or African American 8.3 17.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 1.0
Asian 4.0 8.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 1.8 2.4
Hispanic or Latino 18.2 18.6

2016 Party Affiliation, Suffolk County[11]
Party Registered Voters % of Total
Democratic 325,059 33.25
Republican 311,442 31.85
Independent 45,793 4.7
Constitution 23,467 2.4
Working Families 4,700 0.48
Green 1,950 0.19
Other 635 0.06
Unaffiliated 264,618 27.06

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Recent news

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See also

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with Brentwood District Clerk Kathy Hoey," April 20, 2016
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named candidates
  3. ↑ Brentwood Union Free School District, "Board of Education," accessed April 23, 2015
  4. ↑ Brentwood Union Free School District, "Policy 2120: School Board Elections," accessed April 23, 2015
  5. ↑ Brentwood Union Free School District, "Policy 2121: Board Member Qualifications," accessed April 23, 2015
  6. ↑ New York Board of Electons, "Campaign Finance Handbook," accessed April 15, 2016
  7. ↑ Facebook, "Assemblyman Phil Ramos," March 28, 2016
  8. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed May
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 United States Census Bureau, "Suffolk County, New York," accessed April 25, 2016
  10. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
  11. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "NYS Voter Enrollment by County, Party Affiliation and Status - Voters Registered as of April 1, 2016," accessed April 25, 2016
2016 Brentwood Union Free School District Elections
Suffolk County, New York
Election date:May 17, 2016
Candidates:Seat 3: Incumbent, Robert Feliciano • Hector Melgar
Seat 4: Incumbent, Paula Moore • Camille Serrano
Important information:Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot
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