U-32 SCHOOL DISTRICT
WARNING

Annual Meeting Union High School District No. 32, a municipal corporation consisting of the Town School Districts of Berlin, Calais, East Montpelier, Middlesex, and Worcester, Vermont.

The eligible voters of the Union High School District No. 32 are hereby notified and warned to vote by Australian ballot on the following articles:

The legal voters of the Berlin Town School District are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Berlin Elementary School in Berlin Corner on Tuesday, the 2nd day of March, 2004 from 10 A.M. to 7 P.M. to transact the following business:

The legal voters of the Calais Town School District are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Calais Town Hall in Gospel Hollow on Tuesday, the 2nd day of March, 2004 from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. to transact the following business:

The legal voters of the East Montpelier Town School District are hereby notified and warned to meet at the East Montpelier Elementary School in East Montpelier on Tuesday, the 2nd day of March, 2004 from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. to transact the following business:

The legal voters of the Middlesex Town School District are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Middlesex Town Hall in Middlesex on Tuesday, the 2nd day of March, 2004 from 10 A.M. to 7 P.M. to transact the following business:

The legal voters of the Worcester Town School District are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Doty Memorial School on Tuesday, the 2nd of March 2004 from 10 A.M. to 7 P.M. to transact the following business:

ARTICLE 1. To elect a Clerk for a term of one (1) year.

ARTICLE 2. To elect a Treasurer for a term of one (1) year.

ARTICLE 3. To elect an Auditor for a term of one (1) year.

ARTICLE 4. To fix the annual compensation of district officers.

Auditors Clerk Directors Chair Treasurer $200.00 each $200.00 $850.00 each $875.00 $1,000.00

ARTICLE 5. Shall the Union High School District No. 32 adopt a budget of $9,996,291.00 for the 2004 – 2005 school year?

ARTICLE 6. Will the School District authorize the Board of School Directors of Union District No. 32 to hold any audited fund balance as of June 30, 2004 in a reserve fund to be expended under the control and direction of the Board of School Directors for the purpose of operating the school? (24 VSA § 2804)?

ARTICLE 7. Will the School District authorize the Board of School Directors to borrow money by issuance of bonds and notes, not in excess of anticipated revenue for the school year [16 VSA § 562(9)]?

ARTICLE 8. In order to reduce administrative expenses, shall Union School District No. 32 be authorized to enter into a purchase agreement to acquire a Supervisory Union Central Office Facility, to be financed through the application of available Supervisory Union reserves and the District borrowing a sum not to exceed $200,000?

A meeting will be held on February 24, 2004 to provide information on the articles to be voted by Australian ballot at Town Meeting. The meeting [as required by 17 VSA § 2680(g)] will be held at U-32 in room 131 and will begin at 6:00 P.M. 

The legal voters of Union High School District No. 32 are further notified that voter qualification, registration, and absentee voting relative to said annual meeting shall be as provided in Section 706(u) of Title 16, and Chapters 43, 51 and 55 of Title 17, Vermont Statutes Annotated.

Deborah Wolf, Clerk

SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Virginia Burley, Chair (East Montpelier)
Rob LaClair, Vice Chair (Middlesex)
Stuart Savage, Clerk (Calais)
Mark Berry (Berlin)
Laurie Labarthe (Worcester)
Richard Curtis (East Montpelier)
Thomas Williams (Berlin)