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 1st day of March 2021, 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 cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached between the Andover School District and the Andover Education Association (AEA) which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing level:
Fiscal Year 2021-22: $90,795
Fiscal Year 2022-23: $45,231
Fiscal Year 2023-24: $46,656

and further to raise and appropriate $90,795 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 3: To see, if Article 2 is defeated, if the School District will authorize the governing body to call one special meeting, at its option, to address Article 2 cost items only. Majority vote required.

Article 4: To see if the School District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Million One Hundred Eighty Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Four Dollars ($6,182,594) 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 the Budget Committee support this article.)

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, 2021, to be deposited in the Building and Maintenance Expendable Trust Fund for the purposes of saving for the boiler replacement. (The School Board and the Budget Committee support this article.)

Article 6: To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting.