SCHOOL WARRANT - I997

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                      OYSTER RIVER COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT


                             SCHOOL WARRANT - I997


                             THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE



To the Inhabitants of the Oyster River Cooperative School District of Durham,
Lee, and Madbury qualified to vote upon District affairs:

You are hereby notified to meet at the Oyster River High School in said district
on the 13th day of March, 1997, at 7:00 o'clock in the evening for Session I of
the Annual School District Meeting for discussion of Articles 3 through 8 and for
any amendments thereto. Official ballot voting for school district officers
(articles 1 and 2) will occur at Oyster River High School on Tuesday, April 8,
1997, from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.


1. To choose a Moderator for the coming year.


2. To choose three School Board members for the ensuing three years; one each
from the towns of Durham, Lee, and Madbury.


3. Shall the district authorize the School Board to enter into a three-year lease
agreement for facilities development services to develop a guaranteed maximum
price for additions, renovations, and capital improvements to the Oyster River
High School; and to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000 for the first year
payment for that purpose.
(Special warrant article)


4. Shall the district raise and appropriate the sum of $87,598 as a deficit
appropriation to be added to the 1996-97 appropriation for purposes of meeting
the unanticipated expenses of the district in special education?

5. Shall the district vote to approve within the provisions of New Hampshire RSA
273-A:3 the cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached
between the Oyster River Bus Drivers Association which calls for the following
increases in salaries and benefits over the prior year:

   1997-1998                             $6,727
   1998-1999                             $6,908
   1999-2000                             $7,130
                             
and further to raise and appropriate the sum of $22,610 in 1997-98 for additional
costs attributable to the increase in salaries and benefits over those paid in
the prior fiscal year.
(Separate warrant article)


6. Shall the district vote to change the purpose of its expendable
general fund trust to be known as the School Building Capital Fund for the
purpose of funding major capital needs for school district facilities.
(Separate warrant article; two-thirds vote required)


7. Shall the district vote to authorize the School Board to sell the
approximately 25 acre Orchard Drive land, on such terms and conditions as the
School Board shall determine are in the best interest of the School District.
(Separate warrant article)


8. Shall the Oyster River Cooperative School District eliminate the position of
superintendent and its SAU 5 so long as the school district complies with the
requirements of RSA 194-C:3, 4, 5 II (a), 9 II?
(Petitioned warrant article)

9. Shall voters of the district favor establishment of additional polling places
in Lee and Madbury for the offical ballot referendum in 1998?

10. Shall the District raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not
including appropriations by special warrant articles, the amounts set forth on
the budget posted with the warrant, for the purposes set forth therein, totaling
$17,541,130, distributed as follows:
Fund 1 - $16,603,629 (regular operating budget)
Fund 2 - $   466,500 (expenditures from federal/special revenues)
Fund 4 - $   471,000 (expenditures from food service revenues)

Default Budget:  In the event that this article is defeated by majority vote on
April 8, the operating budget shall be $_______________, which is the same as
last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the District
or by law, or the governing body may hold one special meeting, in accordance with
RSA 40:13 X and XVII, to take up the issue of a revised operating budget only.



                      GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AT SAID DURHAM
                        THIS 12th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1997.

                           Joan Valentine, Chairperson

                                 David D. Brown

                                 Jay W. Flanders

                                 Patrice K. Gray

                                Alvin J. Porsche

                               Shirley A. Thompson

                              C. Ann Rowland Welsh

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