Election Results

[WandaCote]

Any election results yet????

[curt]

Rob posted the warrant article results in the '2010' section.

Annemarie Inman defeated Tom for selectman
Kim Burnham defeated Kathy Eid (appointed incumbent) for tax collector by a handful of votes, perhaps a recount.
Michelle O'Neil retained TRSD budcom seat.
Nancy Steenson defeated incumbent Arlene Champey for TRSD school committee.

[WandaCote]

Thanks Curt

[michelle_oneil]

A big THANK YOU should be given to Rob for posting all these in a timely manner...

Thanks Rob....

[Resident]

A big THANK YOU should be given to Rob for posting all these in a timely manner...

Thanks Rob....

Yes, thanks for posting the results so quickly. Greatly appreciated.

[Rob C]

You're welcome!

I'm also VERY happy to report the following!

Timberlane voters approve all articles

District's operating budget of $61.8 million passes easily

By Jo-Anne MacKenzie
jmackenzie@eagletribune.com

PLAISTOW — Timberlane Regional School District voters just couldn't say no yesterday. They approved all articles on the warrant.

The proposed operating budget of $61.8 million was approved, 2,759-1,008. Voters also OK'd a contract with the Timberlane Teachers' Association, 2,096-1,775.

They agreed to put $100,000 in the School Building Construction, Reconstruction, Capital Improvement and Land Purchase Capital reserve Fund, 2,627-1,221.

Atkinson Academy will have a spruced-up kitchen. Voters approved spending $225,000, 1,993-1,886. Voters also agreed to accept everything in the 2009 annual report, 3,138-604.

In school district elections, Nancy Steenson of Danville won a three-year seat on the Timberlane Regional School Board. She received 322 votes, handily beating out Jennifer Caruso with 129 and incumbent Arlene Champey with 166.

In Plaistow, in a race for one three-year seat, incumbent Lisa Withee beat challenger Michael Addorisio, 563 to 244.

Sandown incumbent Lori Aubrey held onto her three-year seat on the board with 398 votes. But challenger Kelly Ward came close, gathering 349 votes. The third candidate, Cathy Lisi, received 126 votes.

There were no seats open in Atkinson.

For the Timberlane Regional School District Budget Committee, Danville resident and incumbent member Michele O'Neil handily beat challenger Paul Shalek, 425 to 175.

In Plaistow, Normand Bouchard beat Michael Addorisio for a three-year seat on the district Budget Committee, 529 to 242. Michele Conte beat Tricia Holt for a two-year term on the board, 410-367.

Sandown has two openings on the Budget Committee, one for three years, one for two years, but no candidates emerged. There were a number of write-in votes. For the two-year term, Heidi Chaput received 86 votes; Ralph Millard received 22 votes; and Kelly Ward received 11. Two of the same candidates received write-in votes for the three-year seat: Chaput had 28 votes and Millard had 17. Brenda Copp also received 17 write-in votes for that seat.

There were no openings on the committee to represent Atkinson.

[SBinRockrimmon]

Oh great! How much is that going to cost us. Glad to see you're excited Rob, but the downside is the district numbers can easily make it so Danville's votes have almost no impact towards the end result. The fact is that Timberlane's tax impact is huge and that results in the voters of Danville being much less likely to vote for needed town services. This is why the PD doesn't have a new building; the land purchase got voted down, as did most warrant articles related to local spending. People see their taxes going up and up due to the school and the people in Danville end up paying the price for it.

I truly am afraid that the taxes here in Danville will get to a point where I am no longer willing to continue residing here. We've lived here for 9 years and seen the taxes increase at a much faster pace than our incomes. We like it here, but I'm not so sure I'll be willing to shell out this kind of money for property tax every year. There will be a breaking point.

[curt]

I don't disagree about taxes going up but I have to laugh whenever somebody complains about their tax increases over 5, 10 or a dozen years or so. The taxes on my place were under $1,000 when I bought it in 1983.

At least you didn't complain about the people who moved in after you. I find it especially ironic when people who put their kids through K-12 complain to me about the newcomers who increased the tax rate with their kids. It never occurs to the complainer that I paid for his or her kids.

[James Mickalide]

Where can I get a breakdown of the voting results by town for the school district? The Eagle Tribune had some results but not what I wanted to see. The Timberlane link on SoD didn't have anything posted and I don't have any other links for TRSD.

Jim

[shawn_oneil]

Town of Danville school result are in this area:

http://speakoutdanville.org/bbs/viewforum.php?f=141

Look at the respective Warrant Article.
Shawn

[curt]

I think he wanted a town-by-town breakdown of the votes. It's not here on SoD, and I couldn't find other towns, having looked around.

I sent an email to the NH editor of the ET. Will post if they send me anything.

[Resident]

Where can I get a breakdown of the voting results by town for the school district? The Eagle Tribune had some results but not what I wanted to see. The Timberlane link on SoD didn't have anything posted and I don't have any other links for TRSD.

Jim

I think he wanted a town-by-town breakdown of the votes. It's not here on SoD, and I couldn't find other towns, having looked around.

I sent an email to the NH editor of the ET. Will post if they send me anything.

I've been trying to find out the same information. I would like to see the breakdown for each warrant article per town as well.

Oh great! How much is that going to cost us. Glad to see you're excited Rob, but the downside is the district numbers can easily make it so Danville's votes have almost no impact towards the end result. The fact is that Timberlane's tax impact is huge and that results in the voters of Danville being much less likely to vote for needed town services. This is why the PD doesn't have a new building; the land purchase got voted down, as did most warrant articles related to local spending. People see their taxes going up and up due to the school and the people in Danville end up paying the price for it.

I truly am afraid that the taxes here in Danville will get to a point where I am no longer willing to continue residing here. We've lived here for 9 years and seen the taxes increase at a much faster pace than our incomes. We like it here, but I'm not so sure I'll be willing to shell out this kind of money for property tax every year. There will be a breaking point.

DITTO! I moved into this town 20 years ago and for the 1st time in 20 years, I voted against many much needed town improvements/services. I've reached my breaking point!

I challenge the School Board and Budget Committee members to control and reduce spending at the school. I believe that you can have a superior quality education without breaking the bank. How about earning this braging right...Top 10 school in NH with one of the lowest cost per pupil ratio. What an achievement that would be.

[Rob C]

Where can I get a breakdown of the voting results by town for the school district? The Eagle Tribune had some results but not what I wanted to see. The Timberlane link on SoD didn't have anything posted and I don't have any other links for TRSD.

Jim

I believe the next SB meeting will go over this information.

Oh great! How much is that going to cost us.

It's almost impossible to know today how much our taxes will be impacted by this vote. They could go up or they could go down. It's a very complicated system and a large portion of it is dependent on the population from each town (otherwise known as ADM) that attends Timberlane. To give an example of the complexity, if our ADM decreases 10% but every other town's decreases 12% our portion of the total bill will actually go up. Vice versa if our ADM goes up 10% and every other town's increases 12% our portion will decrease.

Glad to see you're excited Rob, but the downside is the district numbers can easily make it so Danville's votes have almost no impact towards the end result. The fact is that Timberlane's tax impact is huge and that results in the voters of Danville being much less likely to vote for needed town services. This is why the PD doesn't have a new building; the land purchase got voted down, as did most warrant articles related to local spending. People see their taxes going up and up due to the school and the people in Danville end up paying the price for it.

This is true and we're not the only town or state having the same problem. Funny thing is Health care/insurance costs are one of the biggest increases in the budget this year. When reform passes we should see some relief...ironic isn't it!

I truly am afraid that the taxes here in Danville will get to a point where I am no longer willing to continue residing here. We've lived here for 9 years and seen the taxes increase at a much faster pace than our incomes. We like it here, but I'm not so sure I'll be willing to shell out this kind of money for property tax every year. There will be a breaking point.

DITTO! I moved into this town 20 years ago and for the 1st time in 20 years, I voted against many much needed town improvements/services. I've reached my breaking point!

I'm not sure where the two of you would move to, especially here in NH. It is true that the town is both in a less than ideal location for business to want to be here and in a less than ideal situation from a planning standpoint. Bed room communities shoulder the entire burden of the tax burden. Until there is some form of a broad based tax implemented in NH we will continue to see an unfair method for funding anything. This is a town and state flow of revenue issue NOT a school issue (see below).

I challenge the School Board and Budget Committee members to control and reduce spending at the school. I believe that you can have a superior quality education without breaking the bank. How about earning this braging right...Top 10 school in NH with one of the lowest cost per pupil ratio. What an achievement that would be.

Data from 2008-2009 school year:TRSD is 38th out of 163 School Districts in NH $ per student. In other words there are only 37 other school districts that spend less per student than we do. With the state of our buildings and the proximity to the MA border this is nothing short of a miracle.

[dmh]

I truly am afraid that the taxes here in Danville will get to a point where I am no longer willing to continue residing here. We've lived here for 9 years and seen the taxes increase at a much faster pace than our incomes. We like it here, but I'm not so sure I'll be willing to shell out this kind of money for property tax every year. There will be a breaking point.

DITTO! I moved into this town 20 years ago and for the 1st time in 20 years, I voted against many much needed town improvements/services. I've reached my breaking point!

I'm not sure where the two of you would move to, especially here in NH. It is true that the town is both in a less than ideal location for business to want to be here and in a less than ideal situation from a planning standpoint. Bed room communities shoulder the entire burden of the tax burden. Until there is some form of a broad based tax implemented in NH we will continue to see an unfair method for funding anything. This is a town and state flow of revenue issue NOT a school issue (see below).

This is a school issue. It is based on the amount of money they are asking for and we should not be depending on federal or state handouts to pay our way. Expecting state and federal money is living beyond our means. Just a few years ago, with the whole Kindergarten mess, we were told not to worry the state would give us money, well the state can't give you money if they don't have it either.

I challenge the School Board and Budget Committee members to control and reduce spending at the school. I believe that you can have a superior quality education without breaking the bank. How about earning this braging right...Top 10 school in NH with one of the lowest cost per pupil ratio. What an achievement that would be.

Data from 2008-2009 school year:TRSD is 38th out of 163 School Districts in NH $ per student. In other words there are only 37 other school districts that spend less per student than we do. With the state of our buildings and the proximity to the MA border this is nothing short of a miracle.

Rob, Can you explain to me how a building impacts an education? There must be some chart or something. Sanborn has a new building, they are typically below Timberlane in quality education or has Timberlane moved closer to the bottom and Sanborn now out ranks us. So all those homeschoolers out there that produce quality students must live in mansions? It is the quality of the instruction not the building which makes a student. You are telling us that many of the countries around the world have nicer schools than us, I doubt it. They just have higher expectations.

Is there a question on the standardized tests for new building yes or no which automatically takes a school out of SINI?

If the school board and budget committee think it is all about being the lowest ranked cost per student it is not. There is a cost/results ratio. If our students did better the cost would not be so bad, but when you constantly hear school officials indicate they have surplus in their budget and can move to another bucket. Us peasants wonder why there is so much in the bucket to begin with. I've bought books for my student that they needed in a class at Timberlane at the same time the officials are at a SB meeting are telling what a great job they did on purchasing books. Do you realize the Freshman Goverment class shares books? It is a required class, the books need to stay in the classroom because there are not enough of them. This is also a book which unless the district updated it sold on the secondary market for $10 4 or 5 years ago. I considered buying one for my student. When our school budget is so high and a basic necessity is not provided it is not proper.

One of the saddest things about this is our HS students know what a poor education the are getting compared to surrounding communities and their competion once they get to college. They know how to fix it and what they would like. Most HS students do not want to go to the new Everyone Feels good about their grades system. They want A's B's C's and it should mean something rather than they meet expectations, or they exceed expectations. The students also know that most teachers at the schools are very competent but are being lead by incompetent administrators. Administrators that are forcing them to change their classroom activities to do activities or instructional methods which they do not agree with. My HS student did more packets in one year of HS than they did in 1st grade.

We are going to loose our community because our families will either 1. not be able to afford to live here due to high costs, or if they can afford to live here will choose not to because the education is so poor, for the same money the can get a better education else where.

[Rob C]

dmh - you just shoved a whole bunch of words in my mouth.

Don't have time to respond now but I might later, there's a lot of misinformation here...