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Weare board debates open‑enrollment plan, superintendent recommends 0% sending
Summary
The Weare School District presented an open‑enrollment warrant article proposing up to 1% nonresident in‑students while recommending 0% sending to limit tuition exposure. Board members raised legal uncertainty, budget risk from tuition and special‑education costs, and the need to frame deliberative discussion around fiscal impacts.
The Weare School District moved into a detailed public hearing Jan. 14 to discuss a proposed open‑enrollment warrant article that would designate Center Woods Elementary and Ware Middle School as open‑enrollment schools and set district sending at 0%. Speaker 4, who introduced the article, said the recommendation is intended as a fiscal protection measure and not a commentary on parental choice: "I am recommending 0% sending."
The board read the warrant language aloud during the meeting. Speaker 4 framed the decision around the district’s cost per pupil, citing a Department of…
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