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• Core teachers restored

  BY JENN McDOWELL After the Weare School Board’s final meeting of the current fiscal year, the school administration now has some directions on what to restore to the 2008-09 budget. Making their way back into the budget are two teaching positions Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:24 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, budget, Weare Middle School, school board, Center Woods Elementary

• Weare School Board wants public input on budget

  BY JENN McDOWELL The Weare School Board will take its new 2008- 09 operating budget to task at the upcoming meeting on Tuesday, June 17, and members want the public’s input on how they should spend the money. The decision now is not how much money Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:13 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, budget, voting, school board

• School budget approved on second try

  BY JENN McDOWELL In a 751-591 vote, the Weare School Board succeeded in its second attempt at getting a 2008- 09 budget passed. A total of 1,342 out of 5,852 registered Weare voters showed up at the polls at Center Woods Elementary School on Tuesday, Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:55 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, taxes, budget, school board

• New school budget introduced in Weare

  BY JENN McDOWELL More than 100 voters concerned about the deep cuts in the school district staffing the default budget brings showed up to another deliberative session on a new school budget. The warrant article, which calls for a total budget of $12,703,776 Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:52 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, budget, school board

• School seeks two teachers and bus in revote

  BY JENN McDOWELL About 20 Weare parents and teachers met at the middle school recently to get up to speed on the impact the default budget will have on programs and staff in the district, and to brainstorm ideas for getting the word out on the upcoming Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:13 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Weare, budget, teachers, school

• School offers revised budget to voters

  BY JENN McDOWELL The Weare School Board is heading back to voters with a revised 2008-09 proposed school budget that would add about $240,000 to the default budget currently in place after the March 11 elections. At their meeting Monday, March 24, the Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 4:31 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Weare, budget, school board

• Many big items denied in Weare

  BY STEVEN ANDREWS Voters appeared to have the volatile economy on their mind as they voted on town warrant articles on Tuesday, March 11. The operating budget, a new public works facility, improvements to Bolton Field and many fire and police department Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:34 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, Merrimack Valley, budget, voting, elections

• Gas prices fuel town increases

  BY JENN MCDOWELL Corrected 3:30pm 3/8/08 After being on a default budget, Weare town officials hope voters will pass the proposed $4.6 million operating budget for the coming year, particularly for department budget increases related to fuel costs. “They’re Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:59 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Weare, Merrimack Valley, budget, voting, Board of Selectmen

• $12.5 million requested for school

  BY MICHELLE KIM The Weare School Board heard an overview of the proposed 2008-09 school budget of about $12.5 million, which represents an increase of $1.1 million, or about 10 percent, over the 2007-08 default school budget, at their Thursday, Nov. 20, Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:11 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, Merrimack Valley, schools, budget

• School staff faces cuts

  BY ROD HANSEN With residents rejecting both town and school operating budgets this year, the school is seeking a recount, while the town considers ways to operate with far fewer dollars than they sought. School budget recount requested The requested school Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:01 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, schools, budget

• Weare rejects town and school budgets

  BY ROD HANSEN The town and local school district operating budgets both met with rejection in Tuesday’s voting, sending both bodies to operate on a default budget. The school district budget itself failed by the thinnest of margins, with a total Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:13 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Weare, schools, budget