Andover School District Warrant for 2023 Annual Meeting

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 6th day of March 2023, at 7 PM to act upon the following subjects:
Article 1: To see if the School 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 Six Million, Three Hundred Seventy Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred Two Dollars ($6,378,802) 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. [The Budget Committee and the School Board support this article.]
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 Education Support Staff (AESS) which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing level:
Fiscal Year Estimated Increase
2023-2024 $37,045
2024-2025 $18,474
2025-2026 $15,989
and further to raise and appropriate $37,045 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. Majority vote required. [The School Board and the Budget Committee support this article.]
Article 4: To see, if Article 3 is defeated, if the School District will 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 up to One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) to be deposited in the School Buildings Maintenance Expendable Trust for the purposes of saving for the boiler replacement with said funds from the June 30, 2023 unassigned fund balance available for transfer on July 1. No additional amount to be raised from taxation. [The School Board and the Budget Committee support this article.]
ARTICLE 6: Shall the School District approve the long-term tuition agreement with the Merrimack Valley District on file with the School District Clerk, as negotiated by the School Board, which provides for an initial 10-year term beginning on July 1, 2024, and expiring June 30, 2034, and further to authorize the School Board to submit the agreement to the State Board of Education for approval pursuant to RSA 194:22, and to authorize the School Board to take any other and further acts necessary to give effect to this authorization, including adopting minor amendments to the agreement from time to time, without further action of the School District. Majority vote required. [The School Board recommends this article.]
Article 7: To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting.


2023 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 14th day of March 2023 at 11 AM to act upon the following subjects:
Article 1: To choose by nonpartisan ballot the following school district officers, with the polls opening at 11 AM and remaining open continually until 7 PM.
Moderator for the ensuing year
Clerk for the ensuing year
Treasurer for the ensuing year
One School Board Member for the ensuing three years (2026)