OROL: Election 1996

Annual School District Meeting
School Board and Moderator 1996 elections
Shirley Thompson and Patrice Gray were elected to the school board. Dale Swanson was reelected as moderator.
1996-1997 Budget
The preliminary budget for next year is $15.2 million. This is an increase of 4.8 percent over last year's budget of $14.5 million. Taxes are expected to rise about 6.6 percent because of lower revenues from other sources. The School Board will hold a hearing Wednesday, 31 Jan. 1996 at the High School to discuss the proposed budget for the next fiscal year. The budget will then be voted on at the 1996 annual district meeting. The proposed budget was approved.
Senate Bill 2
The New Hampshire legislature has passed Senate Bill 2 to allow the district to have official ballots instead of annual meetings. A petition for SB2 has been filed with ORSD for a vote at the 1996 annual district meeting. This bill is related to House Bill 141 which was defeated 1023 to 615 in a special election on 24 Oct. 1995. SB2 was approved for the Oyster River School District with 1716 (68%) to 801 (32%) of the vote.
Presidential Primary (UNH)(Foster's)
The New Hampshire Presidential Primary will be held in Feb. 1996.

There are 3 open positions this year in the Oyster River School District: 2 seats on the School Board, and the Moderator. The election for these positions will be held on 5 Mar. 1996 at the Oyster River High School. There was a forum for the School Board Candidates on 12 Feb. at 7:00 p.m. at Oyster River High School. The forum will be broadcast on Continental Cable channel 12 on Saturday, 16 Feb. at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, 17 Feb. at 5:00 p.m.

The open School Board seats are those currently held by Shirley Thompson and Robert Sterndale. They are both at-large seats, representing all 3 towns together. Shirley Thompson was elected 3 years ago. Robert Sterndale was appointed last November to complete the term of Georgina Burt. Friday, 26 Jan. 1996 was the last day for candidates to register for these positions. These are the candidates for the School Board:

Patrice K. Gray, Durham received 1,357 votes
Dennis Lamare, Lee received 1,154 votes
Denise Rose, Durham received 1,170 votes
Shirley Thompson, Durham received 1,319 votes

The Moderator runs the annual school district meeting. Dale Swanson has held this position for at least the last couple of terms. Dale Swanson is the only candidate running for Moderator. Dale Swanson received 1,805 votes.

[Picture of Dale Swanson.]

The warrant lists the issues voted on by the district.

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