2009 School deliberative session

With only 71 in attendance the meeting was the shortest ever according to those that attended. The meeting only lasted 45 minuets with the $60,736,146 School budget moved to the warrant with no discussion at all. The budget is about 2.3% below the default budget that would be passed if the voters voted against the school board recommended budget. “This is a bit of an oddity that takes some getting used to.” Said Steve Young of the Londonderry School Board, “The default is $1.4 Million higher than our recommendations. Even if the voters approve the Union contracts, we will still be under default. The superintendent and the board has shown that it understands the fiscal situation the country and community is in.”