[fatlazyless]

After poking around on google, here's a little info concerning something that's different between School Administrative Unit #72 (includes Argie's Wife's hometown of Alton & a couple other nearby towns) and SAU #3, Meredith k-12, Centre Harbor k-12, Sandwich k-12, and Ashland elementary k-8.

SAU-3 is a SCHOOL MEETING district and makes its spending decisions with an annual school district meeting, to be held this year on Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

SAU-72 is a SCHOOL ELECTION district and makes its' spending decisions with an annual school district election.

By virtue of having a school election, SAU-72 knows very well that their warrant articles will be scrutinized on a written election ballot. Interestingly, I believe that SAU-72 now has a warrant article on the upcoming March town election ballot to eliminate their SB-2 style of voting and return to the old style of school meeting voting. Why do they want to do that?

The voters of the SAU-72 towns passed a school SB-2 vote and therefore school spending is determined by individual warrant articles on the annual school district election day ballot.

Meredith voters have the opportunity to attend the annual SAU-3 school district meeting and vote with a show of hands. It is somewhat similar to the Meredith town meeting and it is held in the Interlakes High School.

The spending decisions for SAU-3 are decided by those who choose to attend the annual school district meeting, and that is certainly and most likely people who have an interest in their local school. (Read: parents of students)