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Votes at a glance: Keene approves four labor agreements, three AREA agreements and a maintenance‑fund transfer
Summary
At the district’s first session voters approved Articles 2–9, including collective-bargaining cost items for principals and paraprofessionals, authorization for special meetings if those bargaining articles fail, a transfer of up to $300,000 to the building maintenance fund, and extensions of regional AREA agreements for grades 6, 7–8 and 9–12.
At the Keene School District first session, voters approved Articles 2 through 9. The items ranged from ratifying collective bargaining cost items to approving regional enrollment (AREA) agreement renewals and adding up to $300,000 to the school buildings maintenance fund.
Votes and key details - Article 2 (Principals and supervisors contract): Voted to place on the March warrant. The warrant materials list cost increases across the contract term and an additional appropriation of $74,277 for the current fiscal year as the district’s share of the agreement. The board recommended a yes vote; the article passed by voice/raise of hands (numeric tally not recorded in the transcript).
- Article 3 (If Article 2 fails, authorize board to call a special meeting): Passed. The article authorizes the board to call one special meeting, if needed, to address renegotiated cost items for Article 2 only.
- Article 4 (Paraprofession…
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