| Dear List Server Subscribers,
The unofficial election results for the Town of Durham and the Oyster River School District follow.
For Town Council, 3 positions (3-year terms): Julian Smith - 641 James Lawson - 668 Katherine "Kitty" Marple - 690
For Public Library Trustee, 2 positions (3-year terms): Richard Belshaw - 306 Meridith Davidson - 565 Arthur P. Young - 384
For Town Clerk/Tax Collector, 1 position (3-year term): Lorrie Pitt - 881
For Town Treasurer, 1 position (3-year term): Karl Van Asselt - 767
For Trustees of the Trust Funds, 1 position (3-year term): Bruce Bragdon - 827
Total Town of Durham Ballots Cast - 1007
ORSD ELECTION RESULTS
For Moderator, 1 position (1-year term): Richard Laughton - 1557
For School Board At-Large, 2 positions (3-year terms): Megan Turnbull - 962 John Collins - 768 Chandler Hull - 667 Ann Lane - 1089
For School Board (Madbury), 1 position, (1-year term): Susan Willer - 605 James Kach - 898
ARTICLE 3: Relative to the cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached between the OR Teachers' Guild and the OR School Board Yes:1107 No:788
ARTICLE 4: To raise and appropriate a sum of $309,800 for capital improvement items at all District facilities. Yes:1314 No:579
ARTICLE 5: To create an expendable trust fund under the provisions of RSA 198:20-c to be known as the school buildings maintenance fund. Yes:1257 No:615
ARTICLE 6: To raise and appropriate up to $50,000 to be added to the expendable trust fund known as the Special Education Fund. Yes:1126 No:741
ARTICLE 7: To establish a study committee to be comprised equally of school district personnel (teachers and administrators), students, school board members, and community members from each town, to study best practices involved in creating a sustainable school district. Yes:1326 No:556
ARTICLE 8: Relative to the $37,439,552 Proposed Operating Budget. Yes:1143 No:730
Total School District ballots cast: 2021 (Durham, Lee, and Madbury)
A thank you is extended to all of the election officials who worked a long day today on behalf of the community.
Please have a nice evening. | 
Congrats to all the candidates, for all the positions whether won or not !!!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for taking time out of your personal lives to participate in a fabulous display of civic involvement & responsibility.
My children & I enjoyed meeting all of you and listening to the variety of ideas and viewpoints. I would suggest to those that did not win seats, to consider future openings.
Again, thank you!!
I want to personally thank Jennifer Reif for her service on the School Board. I have been an Administrator in NH for over thirty years and I value the need for a quality School Board member. She initially was part of a group that had a set agenda but over her term she became an individual that advocated for both the quality of education and also being sensitive to the taxpayer. Her skill sets and passion are unique. I can only hope you know that you are very special and are very much appreciated by people who care about public education.
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