An aerial view of ConVal High School.
An aerial view of ConVal High School. Credit: Staff photo by Ben Conant

School District Voting Results

Tuesday, March 10

School Board

*incumbent

Antrim

(one seat for three years)

STEPHEN ULLMAN: 271 votes

Dublin

(one seat for two years)

ALAN EDELKIND*: 502 votes

Francestown

(one seat for three years)

STEPHAN MORRISSEY*: 113 votes

KEVIN POBST: 370 votes

Greenfield

(One seat for one year)

KATHERINE HECK*: 161 votes

KIM KAMIENIECKI: 42 votes

Peterborough

(One seat for three years)

ROBERT SHORT JR.: 521

21 votes for write-in candidates

Sharon

(One seat for three years)

JAMES FREDRICKSON*: 86

■Article 1 asks voters to approve an operating budget of $50,565,103. If voters do not approve the budget, the default budget would be $49,142,616. PASSED 2097 yes to 1226 no, 63 percent yes. 

■Article 2 asks voters to spend $550,000 to add to the school district’s Building Capital Reserve Fund. PASSED 2326 yes to 979 no, 70 percent yes.

■Article 3 asks voters to spend $25,000 to add to the school district’s Athletic Trust Fund. PASSED 2324 yes to 991 no, 70 percent yes. 

■Article 4 asks voters to spend $25,000 to add to the school district’s Health Trust Fund. PASSED 2392 yes to 901 no, 73 percent yes. 

■Article 5 asks voters to allow the School Board to negotiate the installation of a solar panel array at the high school and to enter a Power Purchase Agreement for a third party investor for up to 25 years. There would be provisions for the school to buy-out the third party. PASSED 2441 yes to 876 no, 74 percent yes. 

■Article 6 asks voters to allow the District to establish an expendable trust fund to fund alternative energy and  energy efficiency projects, including a potential future buyout of the solar array. It also asks voters to appropriate $70,000 for the fund. PASSED 2242 yes to 1042 no, 68 percent yes. 

■Article 7 asks voters to accept the reports of agents, auditors, committees, and officers. PASSED 2819 yes to 429 no, 87 percent yes. 

■Article 8 asks voters to appoint salaries for School Board members as such: $1,500 for School Board chair, $1,000 for other School Board members, $2,500 for Treasurer, $300 for Moderator. PASSED 2569 yes to 707 no, 78 percent yes. 

■Article 9 asks voters to set the reimbursement rate for facilities that the District use s that are controlled by another entity. PASSED 1567 yes to 1445 no, 52 percent yes. 

■Article 10 asks voters to choose six members of the School Board.