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Oyster River deliberators keep $9.83M elementary bond after secret-ballot amendment fails
Summary
At the district deliberative session, voters rejected a citizen amendment by secret ballot to cut Article 3’s $9,827,000 elementary-school bond; the board’s original bond will go to the March 10 ballot as printed. The bond funds renovations and additions at both elementary schools to add classrooms and improve student services.
Denise Day presented Warrant Article 3, asking voters to authorize $9,827,000 in bonds to expand and renovate both district elementary schools, including an expanded cafeteria at Mastway, lowered therapy spaces, reworked libraries and commons for more integrated instruction, and four general-education classrooms at Mohar[am]/Moharam to replace previously removed modular classrooms.
Supporters said the project addresses current space inadequacies that cannot be solved by renovation alone, citing lost modular capacity and the shift to full-day kindergarten.…
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