To the inhabitants of the School District in the Town of Andover qualified to vote in District affairs:
You are hereby notified to meet at the Andover Elementary/Middle School Gymnasium in said District on Monday, the 2nd day of March 2020, at 7:00 p.m. to act upon the following subjects:
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 School District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Million Eight Hundred Nineteen Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty One Dollars ($5,819,721) 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 Budget Committee recommends this appropriation. The School Board recommends a proposed budget of $5,866,221.)
ARTICLE 3: To see if the School District will vote to raise and appropriate the cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached between the Andover School District and the Andover Support Staff Association which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing level:
FISCAL YEAR ESTIMATED INCREASE
2020-21 $17,665
2021-22 $13,785
2022-23 $10,815
and further to raise and appropriate $17,665 for the current fiscal year, such sum representing the additional costs attributable to the increase in salaries and benefits required by the new agreement over those that would be paid at current staffing levels. Recommendation required. Majority vote required. [The School Board and Budget Committee recommend this article.]
ARTICLE 4: To see if the District, if Article 3 is defeated, authorize the governing body to call one special meeting, at its option, to address Article 3 cost items only. Majority vote required.
ARTICLE 5: To see if the School District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) with said funds coming from the unassigned fund balance on June 30, 2020, to be deposited in the Building and Maintenance Expendable Trust Fund for the purposes of saving for the boiler replacement. If there is insufficient fund balance available, the remainder will come from general taxation. [The School Board and Budget Committee recommend this article.]
ARTICLE 6: To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting.
2019 Election WARRANT
To the inhabitants of the School District in the Town of Andover qualified to vote in District affairs:
You are hereby notified to meet at the Andover Elementary/Middle School gymnasium in said District on Tuesday, the 10th day of March 2020 at 11:00 a.m. to act upon the following subjects:
ARTICLE 1. To choose by nonpartisan ballot the following school district officers, with the polls opening at 11:00 a.m. and remaining open continually until 7:00 p.m.
Moderator for the ensuing year
Clerk for the ensuing year
Treasurer for the ensuing year
One School Board Member for the ensuing three years (2023)