New warrant articles have school district scrambling

by conan | Jan 12, 2014 | 3 comments

Last year Keene voters had two options to choose from regarding the Keene School District operating budget.  Either a budget increase of .86% (5.8% tax increase) or a budget increase of 3%.  The year before that was the same “lesser of two evils” option.  The other six warrants on the ballot included various schemes geared toward allocating more money into the district’s hands.  The voter turnout was a dismal 10% of registered voters.  But can you blame them.  After all who would want to waste their lunch break voting on a crappy, bloated budget and a bunch of money grabbing warrants?  Vote: you lose.  Don’t vote:  still lose.  This year, if everything works as planned, will be very different for Keene voters.  With the assistance of Darryl Perry, I have drafted 7 very different petition warrants aimed at reducing the budget and removing certain authorities from the school board.  They are as follows: (more…)