2025-26 budget information
Our school budget vote and Board of Education election will be held on Tuesday, May 20.
Polling locations will be open throughout the city from 7 a.m.-9 p.m. There will be one new polling location, for voters in the 14th Ward and the 8th Ward, Districts 1-4.
As with last year, all City of Albany residents will once again have the option to vote by mail.
Two Board of Education seats will be up for election.
Stay tuned for more information!
Voting information
| Ward | Districts | Voting Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | All |
New Hope Church |
| 2nd | All | Giffen Memorial Elementary School 274 South Pearl St. |
| 3rd | All | Sheridan Preparatory Academy 400 Sheridan Ave. |
| 4th | All | North Albany Middle School 570 North Pearl St. |
| 5th | All | Arbor Hill/West Hill Library 148 Henry Johnson Blvd. |
| 6th | All | William S. Hackett Middle School 45 Delaware Ave. |
| 7th | 1-5 | Delaware Community School 43 Bertha St. |
| 7th | 6-8 | William S. Hackett Middle School 45 Delaware Ave. |
| 8th | 1-4 | NEW LOCATION Bethany Reformed Church 760 New Scotland Ave. |
| 8th | 5-9 | Albany School of Humanities (ASH) 108 Whitehall Road |
| 9th | All | New Scotland Elementary School 369 New Scotland Ave. |
| 10th | All | Pine Hills Elementary School 41 North Allen St. |
| 11th | All | Albany High School's Abrookin Career and Technical Center 99 Kent St. |
| 12th | 1-3 | Italian American Community Center 257 Washington Ave. Extension |
| 12th | 4-9 | Montessori Magnet School 45 Tremont St. |
| 13th | All | Pine Hills Elementary School 41 North Allen St. |
| 14th | All | NEW LOCATION Bethany Reformed Church 760 New Scotland Ave. |
| 15th | All | Eagle Point Elementary School 1044 Western Ave. |
The early-voting-by-mail option also will be available to all registered voters. Watch for more information in April after the board finalizes the budget proposal for the 2025-26 school year.
The district also will continue to automatically send absentee ballots to people the Albany County Board of Elections designates as having a permanent disability or are in the military.
