Ballston Spa School Board Candidates for May 20 Election
BALLSTON SPA — The Ballston Spa Central School District will have two Board of Education seats up for election on May 20, with both seats commencing in July. District residents will select from the following candidates at the polls: Carrie Chapman and Tim Turbiak.
The Board of Education election, along with the school budget vote, will be held from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. Residents of the Towns of Ballston, Milton, and Charlton can vote at Ballston Spa High School, while residents of Malta can vote at the Malta Town Hall.
Carrie Chapman
Chapman is a native of Ballston Spa and attended Malta Avenue Elementary and the Ballston Spa middle and high schools. After graduation, she studied Psychology and Art History at the University of London, Goldsmiths, and earned a B.A. in Psychology from Hamilton College. She then moved to New York City, where she worked in fashion as a buyer and in product development for Barneys New York and Saks Fifth Avenue for 14 years. Fashion took her around the world and across the country, but when it was time to raise her family, Chapman returned to the Village of Friends.
Tim Turbiak
Turbiak moved to the area in 2019 from Brooklyn. He graduated from Xavier High School in Manhattan in 2002 and completed his certification to become a Radiographic Technologist at the Bartone School of Radiography in 2007. He is currently employed with OrthoNY. Turbiak was a member of the Ballston Spa Board of Education from 2021 until 2024. During his time on the Board, he served on the Policy Committee and served as liaison to the Parent Teacher Associations (PTA). Over the years, he has helped organize a number of fundraisers for organizations such as Toys for Tots, the Wounded Warrior Project, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He currently resides in Ballston Spa with his wife Eliana and their two children.
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