Sag Harbor School District officials will block the annual student art show from the view of local residents coming to Pierson High School to vote on the district’s operating budget and school board candidates next month.
The decision to screen the art show from voters came after Ed Drohan, a candidate for a seat on the school board this year, complained that the art show, which is traditionally hung on the walls of the gymnasium on the day of the vote, was an effort to lobby voters to support the budget.
“The reason I brought it up is not because I have any problem with it but ... I heard it after last year’s election from a couple people who were very passionate about it being electioneering,” Mr. Drohan, a Noyac resident,... more
The decision to screen the art show from voters came after Ed Drohan, a candidate for a seat on the school board this year, complained that the art show, which is traditionally hung on the walls of the gymnasium on the day of the vote, was an effort to lobby voters to support the budget.
“The reason I brought it up is not because I have any problem with it but ... I heard it after last year’s election from a couple people who were very passionate about it being electioneering,” Mr. Drohan, a Noyac resident,... more
