No Changes to Claremont’s School Warrant

Heather Irish as Moderator

Claremont voters were kept waiting for the School District’s Moderator to start the District’s Deliberate Session. After twenty minutes, voters were asked to nominate a temporary moderator. Tracy Pope, nominated ex-school member Heather Irish voted in unanimously to moderate the session. All of Claremont’s warrants remain unchanged. Although Claremont’s Operating Budget of $34,131,283 is lower than its default budget of $$34,433,886 there is a tax increase of .51 cents per thousand. SAU 6 Superintendent Middleton McGoodwin explained the increase is due to the cap on school adequacy aid being removed and Claremont loosing $437,000 from the state.

Claremont homeowners can expect an increase of $1.00 per thousand.

In October of 2015, NH Attorney General Joseph Foster admitted in open court Monday that the cap on adequacy aid is unconstitutional, affirming a key claim in a lawsuit brought by Dover School District on school funding.