At the Great Neck Public Schools Board of Education meeting on Dec. 6, the Board approved a resolution to expand the GNPS election districts from two voting locations to a total of four. This change is effective immediately and applies to all future GNPS annual and special elections.
The Board of Education discussed expanding the number of polling sites after residents experienced long lines and wait times to cast their ballots at the district budget and bond vote last May.
“We encourage all our residents to vote, and we want to make the process as convenient as possible,” explains Board President Barbara Berkowitz.
The accompanying map shows the reconfigured election districts:
Lakeville School (New Location)
Southern Boundary: Long Island Expressway (LIE) from the NYC/Queens border to Lakeville Road.
Eastern Boundary: Lakeville Road and South Middle Neck Road from the Long Island Expressway (LIE) to the Long Island Rail Road tracks (LIRR).
Western Boundary: NYC/Queens border from the Long Island Expressway (LIE) to the Long Island Rail Road tracks (LIRR).
Northern Boundary: Long Island Rail Road tracks (LIRR) from the NYC/Queens border to South Middle Neck Road.
South High School (Existing Location Reconfigured)
Northern Boundary: Long Island Rail Road tracks (LIRR) from South Middle Neck Road to East Shore Road.
Western Boundary: Stewart Avenue from Hillside Avenue along the NYC/Queens border to the Long Island Expressway (LIE) to Lakeville Road to South Middle Neck Road to the Long Island Railroad Tracks (LIRR).
Eastern Boundary: New Hyde Park border from Hillside Avenue to Union Turnpike to Continental Drive and the Herricks border to the Manhasset border to the Long Island Rail Road tracks (LIRR).
Southern Boundary: Hillside Avenue from Stewart Avenue to the Herricks border.
EM Baker School (Existing Location Reconfigured)
Western Boundary: Middle Neck Road from Long Island Rail Road tracks (LIRR) to Wildwood Road, to Cherry Lane, to Horizon Way to the Long Island Sound.
Southern Boundary: Long Island Rail Road Tracks (LIRR) from Middle Neck Road to East Shore Road.
Eastern Boundary: East Shore Road and Manhasset Bay to the Long Island Sound.
Northern Boundary: Long Island Sound.
Saddle Rock School (New Location)
Northern Boundary: Horizon Way to Cherry Lane to Wildwood Road from the Long Island Sound to Middle Neck Road.
Southern Boundary: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) tracks from Little Neck Bay to Middle Neck Road.
Western Boundary: Little Neck Bay/Long Island Sound from the Long Island Rail Road tracks (LIRR) to Horizon Way.
Eastern Boundary: Middle Neck Road from the Long Island Rail Road tracks (LIRR) to Wildwood Road.
Several mailings will inform and remind residents of their election district in the months leading up to the annual school budget vote on May 15, 2018. Registered voters will only be allowed to cast a ballot at their assigned voting location.
In order to participate in any school district election, residents must be registered to vote. Voter registration information is available on the Nassau County Board of Elections website at https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/566/Board-of-Elections.
Additional information about voter registration and the reconfigured election districts can be found on the GNPS website at www.greatneck.k12.ny.us. Please direct any further questions to Jacqueline Lizza, District Clerk, at (516) 441-4023.