SAU - Warrant Article 4
Two “Grok” Thumbs Up
It is time for the SAU offices be located in SAU buildings, and the timing is right for this. The need for the space is decreasing and will be decreasing over the next few years as enrollments go down and the accompanying need for teacher staff goes down. Up to five or six classrooms will become available over the next few years.
Much has been said (a lot of kvetching on what I hear from some of the union folks) negative to this. The BudComm Recommended it, and from the overall space needs of the Town, it makes a lot of sense for fairly short money.
Note: The SAU had another Warrant for $50K outstanding before this was presented. Upon the request of the BudComm, it was pulled and this brought forward. We complemented the SAU for working with the BudComm on this.
ARTICLE IV Gilford School District Administration Offices Relocation
To see if the school district will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty Eight ThousandDollars, ($58,000) for the cost to relocate the Gilford School District Administration Offices tothe Gilford Elementary School. This expense is to be funded from the June 30 unreserved fundbalance (surplus) available for transfer on July 1. This is a special warrant article. (Majority vote required)
School Board: Recommended Budget Committee: Recommended
Principle: The SAU Administration belongs in an SAU building. With decreasing student enrollment and needs, it makes sense to move them to the Elementary School. The money requested is far less than moving to other quarters (such as the soon-to-be old library)
