HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT February 5, 2013 DELIBERATIVE SESSION The mission of the Hampstead School...
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HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT February 5, 2013 DELIBERATIVE SESSION The mission of the Hampstead School District is to provide challenging education experiences
HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT February 5, 2013 DELIBERATIVE SESSION
The mission of the Hampstead School District is to provide
challenging education experiences that enable all students to
succeed to their individual potential in a rapidly changing global
community.
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To the inhabitants of the School District of the Town of
Hampstead, New Hampshire, qualified to vote in District affairs:
First Session of Annual Meeting (Deliberative) You are hereby
notified to meet at the Hampstead Middle School, 28 School Street,
Hampstead, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, the 5 th day of February
2013, at 7:00 p.m. This session shall consist of explanation,
discussion, and debate of warrant articles number 2 through 9.
Warrant articles may be amended subject to the following
limitations: (a) warrant articles whose wording is prescribed by
law shall not be amended, (b) warrant articles that are amended
shall be placed on the official ballot for a final vote on the main
motion, as amended, and (c) no warrant article shall be amended to
eliminate the subject matter of the article. Second Session of
Annual Meeting (Voting) Voting on warrant articles number 1 through
9 will be conducted by official ballot to be held in conjunction
with town meeting voting to be held on Tuesday, the 12 th day of
March, 2013 at the Hampstead Middle School, 28 School Street,
Hampstead, New Hampshire. Polls will be open from 8:00 a.m. and
remain open until 8:00 p.m. Article 1 Election of Officers To
choose the following school district officers: School Board
Member3-year term
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Shall the Hampstead School District raise and appropriate as an
operating budget, not including appropriations by special warrant
articles and other appropriations voted separately, the amounts set
forth on the budget posted with the warrant, for the purposes set
forth therein, totaling $23,773,024? Should this article be
defeated, the operating budget shall be $23,898,613, which is the
same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous
action of the Hampstead School District or by law; or the governing
body may hold one special meeting, in accordance with RSA 40:13, X
and XVI, to take up the issue of a revised operating budget only.
Note: Warrant Article 2 (Operating Budget) does not include
appropriations proposed under any other warrant articles. (MAJORITY
VOTE REQUIRED)
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District Goals Budget Drivers Budget Highlights by Function
Increases / (decreases) Overall Budget Proposal Default Budget
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Review staff levels and program needs, and adjust appropriately
where feasible, while maintaining high quality of instructional
programs Continue implementation of Common Core State Standards
with focus on Mathematics Support ongoing professional development
and teacher training in Reading and Spelling instruction Upgrade
existing technology hardware and continue integration of technology
across all curriculum areas Improve academic progress monitoring in
Math (for grades 3-7) and Language Arts (for grades 5-7) Keep
operating budget increases to less than 1% over fiscal year 2013
budget Successfully negotiate contract agreements with HEA and
HSPA
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Employee Salaries and Benefits Teacher contract and custodial
contract on separate Warrant Article NH State Retirement increase:
$200,352 Health Insurance increase: $159,834 Teacher (1 FTE) and
Administrative (0.2 FTE) reduction: ($60,000) Curriculum and
Instruction Update Math curriculum materials at HCS: $104,000
Technology integration: $35,500 Tuition, regular and special
education: ($49,423) Facilities, Operations, Transportation and SAU
Reduction in maintenance budget: ($106,172) Transportation
contract: ($9,625) SAU Budget: $9,637 Other Federal
sequestration/reduction in federal grants ($38,000)
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1100 Regular Education $108,974 1200 Special Education
($21,107) 21xx Support Services - Students $2,614 221x Support
Services - Staff & Admin $4,900 222x Library/Media Services
$4,647 2320 SAU 55 $9,637 2410 Office of the Principal ($935) 26xx
Operation & Maintenance of Plant ($11,880) 272x Transportation
($9,625) 2900 Support Services - Benefits $365,436 4600 Building
Improvements ($110,000) 5250 Capital Reserve & Federal Grants
($113,000) 2013-2014 Budget Increase $223,152
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FY 14 BUDGET - $23,773,024 The mission of the Hampstead School
District is to provide challenging education experiences that
enable all students to succeed to their individual potential in a
rapidly changing global community.
BUDGET SUMMARY Funding Sources: Revenue State Adequate Educ.
Aid Surplus Local Taxes Current Year :FY13 $1,415,400 $3,435,071
$1,298,508 $17,400,893 Anticipated: FY14 $1,371,700 $2,964,875
$1,050,000 $18,386,449 Total Operating Budget$23,549,872$23,773,024
Change Incr./(Decr.) % of Change Tax Impact Percentage Tax Impact
per $1,000 assessed property value ($188,437) (0.79%) (2.12%)
($0.38) $223,152 0.95% 5.12% $0.90
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Should the proposed budget be defeated, the Default Budget
would be: $23,898,613 Default:$23,898,603 Proposed:$23,773,024
Difference:($125,589)
Slide 12
Shall the Hampstead School District vote to approve the cost
items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached
between the Hampstead School Board and the Hampstead Support
Personnel Association, which calls for the following increases in
salaries and benefits at the current staffing levels over the
amount paid in the prior fiscal year: and further to raise and
appropriate the sum of $10,978 for the 2013-14 fiscal year, such
sum representing the additional costs attributable to the increase
in salaries and fringe benefits required by the new agreement over
those that would be paid at current staffing levels? (MAJORITY VOTE
REQUIRED) Cost DistributionYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4 Salaries$18,872
$20,220 Uniform Clean/Maintenance(4,229)000 FICA1,444 1,547 NH
State Retirement2,033 2,178 Insurance(7,142)000 TOTAL$10,978$22,348
$23,945
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Shall the Hampstead School District vote to approve the cost
items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached
between the Hampstead School Board and the Hampstead Educators
Association, which calls for the following increases in salaries
and benefits at the current staffing levels over the amount paid in
the prior fiscal year: and further to raise and appropriate the sum
of $99,881 for the 2013-14 fiscal year, such sum representing the
additional costs attributable to the increase in salaries and
fringe benefits required by the new agreement over those that would
be paid at current staffing levels? (MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED) Cost
DistributionYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4
Salaries$83,969$135,271$154,704$164,695 Insurance000(56,924)
FICA6,42410,34811,83512,599 NH State
Retirement9,48819,15421,90623,321
TOTAL$99,881$164,773$188,445$143,691
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Shall the Hampstead School District, if Article 3 or Article 4
is defeated, authorize the Hampstead School Board to call a special
meeting, at its option, to address the Article 3 and/or Article 4
cost item only? (MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED) (Without this article, the
District would have to petition the Superior Court for a Special
School District Meeting. This saves the District the expense of
attorney fees and court costs.)
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Shall the Hampstead School District raise and appropriate up to
$75,000 to be placed in the School Renovation, Reconstruction and
Capital Improvement Capital Reserve Fund established in 2006, with
such amount to be transferred from the June 30, 2013 unreserved
fund balance (surplus) in excess of $150,000? (MAJORITY VOTE
REQUIRED) (The first $150,000 of surplus will be returned to the
taxpayers. The next $75,000 of the surplus will be placed in the
Capital Reserve Fund. Any additional surplus will be returned to
the taxpayers. The funds from this article come from the 2012-13
school budget surplus, not from additional taxes.) The mission of
the Hampstead School District is to provide challenging education
experiences that enable all students to succeed to their individual
potential in a rapidly changing global community.
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Central School Repaving $189,000 Middle School Repaving
$170,000 Central School Roof$150,000 Middle School Roof$100,000
Middle School Boilers$100,000
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Shall the Hampstead School District vote to authorize,
indefinitely until rescinded, the retention of year-end unassigned
general funds in an amount not to exceed, in any fiscal year, 2.5
percent of the current fiscal years net assessment, for the purpose
of having funds on hand to use as a revenue source for emergency
expenditures and over-expenditures under RSA 32:11, or to be used
as a revenue source to reduce the tax rate, all in accordance with
RSA 198:4-b, II? (MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED)
Slide 18
Shall the Hampstead School District accept reports of agents,
auditors, and committees as written in the 2012 Annual Report?
(MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED)
Slide 19
Shall the voters of the Hampstead School District within School
Administrative Unit number 55 adopt the provisions of RSA 194-C:9-b
to allow for insertion of the school administrative unit budget as
a separate warrant article at annual school district meetings?
(MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED) The mission of the Hampstead School
District is to provide challenging education experiences that
enable all students to succeed to their individual potential in a
rapidly changing global community.
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Prior Year Reductions & Increases Minus PURPOSE OF
APPROPRIATIONSAdopted1-TimeDEFAULT BUDGET Acct.#(RSA 32:3,V)
Operating BudgetAppropriations INSTRUCTION 1100-1199Regular
Programs RSA 40:13, IX (b) "Default budget" as used in this
subdivision means the amount of the same appropriations as
contained in the operating budget authorized for the previous year,
reduced and increased, as the case may be, by debt service,
contracts, and other obligations previously incurred or mandated by
law, and reduced by one-time expenditures contained in the
operating budget. For the purposes of this paragraph, one-time
expenditures shall be appropriations not likely to recur in the
succeeding budget, as determined by the governing body, unless the
provisions of RSA 40:14-b are adopted, of the local political
subdivision. DEFAULT BUDGET OF THE SCHOOL OF: Hampstead School
District, NH Fiscal Year From July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 IS THIS
PERIOD CORRECT?
