Hope you all have really deep pockets and some money left in your 401ks, you're going to need it if these articles are placed on the ballot and are voted in.
WINCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT WARRANTS FOR 2009-2010
To the inhabitants of the Town of Winchester in the County of Cheshire and the State of New Hampshire, qualified to vote in school affairs: You are thereby notified to meet at the Winchester Gymnasium at 7:00 PM on Thursday, February 5th, 2009, to consider the following articles in deliberative session, pursuant to RSA 40:13. The official voting of the business of the School District as determined at the deliberative session and the election of School District Officers will be held at the Winchester Town Hall on Tuesday, March 10th, 2008 with the polls open between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M.
ARTICLE ONE: Shall the Winchester 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 $10,288,109? Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be $10,475,158, which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the Winchester 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. [NOTE: This operating budget warrant article does not include appropriations contained in ANY other warrant articles.]
ARTICLE TWO: Shall the voters of the Winchester School District adopt a School
Administrative Unit budget of $1,816,479 for the forthcoming fiscal year in which $258,279 is assigned to the school budget of this School District? This year's adjusted budget of $1,776,609, with $252,610 assigned to the school budget of this School District, will be adopted if the article does not receive a majority vote of all the school district voters voting in this School Administrative Unit. The operating budget for the SAU includes operating expenses for four school districts.
ARTICLE THREE: To see if the Winchester School District will vote to raise and appropriate “up to” $150,000 to be placed in the Special Education Expendable Trust Fund, with such amount to be funded from the June 30, 2009 unreserved fund balance
available for transfer on July 1, 2009? [NOTE: This article will not require any additional funds to be raised through general taxation.] The School Board recommends this article. The Budget Committee [does not] recommend this article.
ARTICLE FOUR: Shall the Winchester School District receive the reports of its agents, auditors, committees and officers?
ARTICLE FIVE: Are you in favor of re-opening Thayer High School starting in the 2009-2010 School year beginning with the freshman class and progressing one class per year until the Keene School District contract has expired? This will only take effect if the Keene School district is in agreement. (The current contract requires grades 9 thru 12.) By Petition
ARTICLE SIX: Shall the Winchester School District vote to transact any other business as may lawfully come before the meeting?
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The governor of Vermont in his speech last week said, we rely on a hand full of people for advice with the school budgets and its not working.They have there own agenda and if you don't agree you must be against our kids.Check out the budget comm. minutes with the school,the people did not like being questioned.
I was wondering what the people of Winchester think of Article Five after reading today's paper regarding the attitude towards the teachers and students of Winchester. "Let 'em go..."
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