Town and school present plan to build district office addition at Town Hall to avoid renewing lease

Superintendent Dan Black and town officials presented a plan Oct. 21 for the Londonderry School District to relocate its central office back to the center of town by building a 5,300-square-foot addition attached to Town Hall.

The project would be funded through a combination of Town and School reserve funds rather than new borrowing. Justin Campa of the working group said the town will propose a warrant article to use $2,500,000 of undesignated town fund balance and that the district would enter a lease to pay up to $250,000 over 10 years, a structure Campa said would result in “no impact on the tax rate.” Amity Spall, the district business manager, said the school’s share would come from its unassigned fund balance.

Why it matters: District office staff have worked in a leased space outside the center of town since 2016 after ventilation problems at the old office. Officials said returning the offices to Town Hall will save on long-term lease…