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OYSTER RIVER COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT
ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING -- SESSION II
MARCH 12, 2002

Kim Starbranch
School District Clerk

(Total ballots cast: 2,047.)

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ARTICLE 1: MODERATOR (1 year term) Vote for ONE
Dale Swanson	[ X ]	75 (68.2%)
William H. Shaheen	[ ]	35 (31.8%)
______________________________(Write-in)	[ ]	_______ (_______%)
	Total	110
ARTICLE 2: SCHOOL BOARD
At-large (3 year terms) Vote for TWO
Judith Burke	[ ]	694 (37.6%)
JoAnn Portalupi	[ X ]	1,009 (54.7%)
Jack Quinn	[ X ]	1,049 (56.8%)
Shirley Thompson	[ ]	940 (50.9%)
______________________________(Write-in)	[ ]	_______ (_______%)
	Total	3,692
ARTICLE 3: Shall the District raise and appropriate the sum of $117,745 for capital improvement items including but not limited to repair to the roof at Oyster River Middle School, cleaning the ventilation system at Moharimet School, and for installation of a keycard security system at mast Way, Moharimet and Oyster River Middle Schools?	[ X ] Yes 1,695 (84.8%)	[ ] No 304 (15.2%)
Recommended by the School Board	Total 1,999	Required 1,000 (50.0%)
ARTICLE 4: Shall the District enter into a ten-year lease/purchase agreement for a maintenance facility at a cost not to exceed $450,000 with an anuual lease payment of $55,502, with this lease agreement to contain an "escape" clause; and further raise and appropriate the sum of $55,502 to pay for the first year lease?	[ X ] Yes 1,139 (58.2%)	[ ] No 817 (41.8%)
Not Recommended by the School Board	Total 1,956	Required 978 (50.0%)
ARTICLE 5: Shall the District raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 to be deposited into the existing expendable trust fund known as ‘Track Fund — District Support’, with such amount to be raised from the year-end undesignated fund balance?	[ ] Yes 775 (39.8%)	[ X ] No 1,171 (60.2%)
Not recommended by the School Board	Total 1,946	Required 973 (50.0%)
ARTICLE 6: Shall the District raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special warrant article and other appropriations voted separately, the amount set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended by vote of the first session, for the purposes set forth therein, totaling $25,038,376 distributed as follows: Fund 10 = $23,908,751 (regular operating budget); Fund 22 = $537,300 (expenditures from federal/special revenues); Fund 21 = $592,325 (expenditures from food service revenues)? Should this article be defeated, the operating budget shall be $24,639,150 which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the district or by law; or the district may hold one special meeting in accordance with RSA 40:13, X and XVI to take up the issue of the revised operating budget only.	[ X ] Yes 1,409 (71.2%)	[ ] No 571 (28.8%)
Recommended by the School Board	Total 1,980	Required 991 (50.0%)