Ware deliberative session moves smaller warrant items: trust consolidation, property fix, voucher petition
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Summary
The board presented Articles 5–7: consolidation of reserve funds into a special-education trust (Finance Committee recommended unanimously), a property conveyance correction to fix a 1992 lot-line error, and a non-binding legislative petition asking for voucher/EFA accountability.
At the Feb. 4 deliberative session the board presented three additional warrant articles.
Article 5 proposed consolidating three underused trust funds (school expansion capital reserve, middle-school wastewater capital reserve, and the grounds and playing fields expendable trust) into the Special Education expendable trust to help offset growing special education expenses. The Ware Finance Committee unanimously recommended the move (10–0), and presenters said the trusts are prescriptive and the consolidation would apply existing funds to a higher-priority, unpredictable need.
Article 6 corrects a property conveyance recorded in 1992. Board presenters explained a lot-line/parcel adjustment recorded before the district purchased Centerwoods had been conveyed incorrectly; the article would correct that conveyance so a neighbor may use their parcel as intended. Presenters said the parcel is not currently used as district property.
Article 7 is a non-binding legislative petition on educational freedom accounts (vouchers). Petitioner David Trumbull asked voters to request state-level accountability: comparable educational performance reporting for voucher-funded programs and limiting eligibility to families with demonstrated financial need. Trumbull said the voucher expansion is being funded from the state’s Education Trust Fund and called for additional oversight.
All three articles were presented and debated briefly under the moderator’s rules and will appear on the official ballot for voters on March 10, 2026.
