School Warrant
State of
To the inhabitants of the School District in
the Town of Windham, New Hampshire qualified to vote in District affairs: You are hereby notified of the following
annual
First
Session of Annual Meeting (Deliberative)
You
are hereby notified to meet at the
Second
Session of Annual Meeting (Official Ballot Voting)
You are
hereby notified to meet at the
Article 1 – Election of Officers
(Voting by official ballot March 11, 2008)
To the following school district offices:
a. To choose a Moderator for the ensuing year.
b. To choose a Clerk for the ensuing year.
c. To choose two School Board members for the ensuing three years.
d. To choose a Treasurer for the ensuing year.
Article 2
Shall the Windham School District vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,498,480 for the construction of a Windham High School second gymnasium at the high school and for the construction of three additional athletic fields at Windham High School and for the architectural, engineering and permitting fees for the completion of final construction documents for the Windham High School multi-purpose sports center and for the construction and completion of the multi-purpose sports center including site work, roads, final site grading, parking lots, ball fields, track, field, bleacher seating, storage/concession/locker facility, lighting system and outdoor scoreboard and authorize the issuance of not more than $5,498,480 of bonds or notes in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Finance Act (RSA Ch. 33) and authorize the School Board to issue and negotiate such bonds or notes and determine a rate of interest thereon, and further to raise and appropriate the additional sum of $124,000 for the first year’s interest payment on the bond and authorize the School Board to apply for, accept and expend federal, state or local grants or funds for the support of this project and to take any other action necessary to carry out this vote?
(Recommended by the
(3/5 majority vote required)
Article
3
"Shall the District raise and appropriate $0 under this article because the purposes of the article have been consolidated into Article 2?"
Article 4
"Shall the District raise and appropriate $0 under this article because the purposes of the article have been consolidated into Article 2?"
Petitioned Warrant Article
Article 5 CITIZEN PETITION
To see if the Windham School District will vote to
raise and appropriate the sum of One Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
and no 100ths ($1,250,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of engineering and
constructing a new road, which will serve as a second access road to the High
School and that will transverse over the general area of the former London
Bridge Road beginning at its intersection with the Windham High School entrance
and ending at its intersection with Castlehill Road and payment of costs
associated with the financing of said project; any federal, state or private
funds made available therefore shall be applied toward the cost of the project;
and to raise the same by issuance of not more than $1,250,000.00 in bonds or
notes in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Finance Act (RSA
Chapter 33) and to authorize the Windham School Board to issue and negotiate
such bonds or notes and to determine the rate of interest thereon; and further
raise and appropriate the additional sum of $31,250.00 for the first year’s
interest payment on the bond and authorize the School Board to apply for,
accept and expend federal, state, or local grants or funds for the support of
this project and to take any other action as may be necessary to carry out this
vote.
(Recommended by the
(3/5 majority vote required)
Article 6
Shall the Windham School District accept a transfer of land from the Town of approximately 16 acres from portions of land known as Tax Map 20-D, Lot 1800, and Tax Map 20-D, Lot 1600, said land being a portion of the land known as the 'Gage Property' and authorize the School Board to swap back to the Town a portion of the School District's land that is at least twice the acreage of land accepted from the Town in order to compensate the Town for the transfer of the 'Gage Property' mentioned above and further authorize the School Board to take any other action necessary to carry out this vote. Said authorization to complete this transaction shall expire on December 31, 2014.
(Recommended by the
Article 7
To see if the
Year Estimated Increase
Year 2008-2009 $ 484,060
Year 2009-2010 $ 507,620
Year 2010-2011 $ 483,618
and further to raise and appropriate the sum of FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR
THOUSAND AND SIXTY DOLLARS
($484,060) for the upcoming fiscal year, such
sum representing the additional costs attributable to the increase in salaries
and benefits over those of the appropriation at current staffing levels paid in
the prior fiscal year.
(Recommended
by the
Article 8
Shall the Windham School District, if article 7 is defeated, authorize the governing body to call one
special meeting, at its option, to address article 7 cost items only?
Article 9
Shall the Windham
School District vote to raise and appropriate the sum of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY
SIX THOUSAND EIGHTY-TWO DOLLARS ($286,082) to
be added to the Driveway/Parking Lot
Paving Capital Reserve Fund established under RSA 35:1 in 2006 for the purpose
of future paving repairs, replacements, or additions to the driveway, existing
parking lot or a new parking area at Windham Middle School.
(Recommended
by the
(Money is allocated in the Town CIP Plan.)
Article 10
To see if the
Windham School District will vote to raise and appropriate up to ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000) to be placed in the School Buildings and Grounds
Maintenance Fund, created in 2007, with such amount to be funded from the June
30 unreserved fund balance available for transfer on July 1, 2008. This article will not raise taxes.
(Recommended
by the
The
Article 11
Shall the
(Recommended by the
Article 12
Shall the
(Recommended by the
Article 13
“Shall the Windham School District raise and
appropriate as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special
warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately, the amounts set
forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended by vote of the first
session, for the purposes set forth therein, totaling $34,453,396. Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be $34,185,643 which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by
previous action of the Windham School District or by law; or the governing body
may hold one special meeting, in accordance with RSA 40:13, X and XVI, to take
up the issue of a revised operating budget only.”*
(Recommended
by the
*NOTE:
Warrant Article 13 (operating budget) does
not include appropriations in any other
warrant articles.
Article 14
To see if the Windham School District will vote to create a planning committee pursuant to RSA 194-C: 2, to consider withdrawal from and/or reorganization of, the School Administrative Unit Number 28; said committee to consist of two members of the Windham School Board, appointed by the Windham School Board, five public members appointed by the Moderator; and the Superintendent of Schools, who shall serve as a non-voting member of the committee.
(Recommended by the
Petitioned Warrant Articles
Article 15
CITIZENS PETITION
Are you in
favor of changing the terms of the school district clerk, moderator and
treasurer from one year to three years, beginning with the terms of the school
district clerk, moderator and treasurer to be elected at next year’s regular
school district meeting?
(Recommended
by the
Article 16
CITIZENS PETITION
Citizens petition by Jim Curtin and others to keep
with the traditions of
(Not Recommended by the
Given
under our hands at said
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Albert J. Letizio, Jr., Chair
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Elizabeth Valentine, Vice Chair
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Bruce Anderson
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Barbara Coish
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Beverly Donovan