School District Warrant 2014

School District Meeting, March 3, 2014

Article 1: To see if the District will vote to accept the reports of Officials, Agents, Auditors, and/or Committees as printed in the School District report.

Article 2: To see if the District will vote to authorize the School Board to make application for, to accept and expend on behalf of the District any and all advances, grants or other funds for educational purposes which may now or hereinafter be forthcoming from the United States of America and its agencies or from the State of New Hampshire and its agencies.

Article 3: To see if the District will authorize the School Board to accept and expend on behalf of the District private gifts and contributions for educational purposes.

Article 4: To see if the School District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Million, Six Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand, Five Hundred Fifty-Three ($4,654,553) for the support of schools, for the payment of salaries of school district officers and agents and for the payment of statutory obligations of said district and to authorize the application against said appropriation of such sums that are estimated to be raised from the state’s equalization payment, together with other income. The School Board shall certify to the selectmen of Andover the amount to be raised by taxation of said town. (The School Board and Budget Committee recommend passing this article.)

Article 5: To see if the School District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of up to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) to be placed in the Regular Education High School Tuition Expendable Trust Fund with such amount to be funded from the June 30, 2014 undesignated fund balance (surplus). (The School Board and Budget Committee recommend passing this appropriation.)

Article 6: To see if the School District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of up to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) to be placed in the Special Education Expendable Trust Fund with such amount to be funded from the June 30, 2014 undesignated fund balance (surplus). (The School Board and Budget Committee recommend passing this appropriation.)

Article 7: To see if the School District will vote to raise and appropriate up to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) for the payment of the cost of Architect/Engineering Fees for a sustainability study to determine appropriate options for facilities maintenance and other district needs. (The School Board and Budget Committee recommend passing this appropriation.)

Article 8: To see if the School District will vote to authorize, indefinitely until rescinded, the retention of year-end unassigned general funds in an amount not to exceed, in any fiscal year, 2.5% of the current fiscal year’s net assessment, in accordance with RSA 198:4-b, II. (The School Board and Budget Committee recommend passing this article.)

Article 9: To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting.