N.Y. Education Law § 2109: Refusal of trustee to serve

§ 2109. Refusal of trustee to serve. A trustee of a common school or

union free school district who publicly declares that he will not accept

or serve in the office of trustee, or refuses or neglects to attend

three successive meetings of the board, of which he is duly notified,

without rendering a good and valid excuse therefor to the other trustees

vacates his office by refusal to serve.