Derry Cooperative School District Annual Meeting 2025-2026
The following menus contain documents relevant to the Derry School Board’s proposed 2025-2026 school district budget, proposed bond for school facility capital maintenance improvements, and the collective bargaining agreement reached with the Derry Education Association. These items will be up for consideration at the District's annual meeting. If you are interested in learning more, the Board will hold public forums on these items on Tuesday, January 21st and and Tuesday, February 18th, both at 6:30pm in the West Running Brook Intermediate School gymnasium.
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The Derry School District Annual Meeting is comprised of two parts. The first session is the Deliberative Session, at which time the Derry School Board will present the items up for consideration. This will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00am in the West Running Brook Intermediate School gymnasium. It is suggested you arrive by 9:30am to allow for time to check-in. The Board will provide an explanation of Articles 2-5, and registered Derry voters in attendance will have the opportunity to discuss, debate, amend and ultimately vote on whether to advance the articles to the second session. In order to vote in the Deliberative Session, you must be registered to vote by Tuesday, January 21, 2025. There will be no same-day voter registration at the Deliberative Session. The second session is the Voting Session, where registered Derry voters will have the opportunity to vote by ballot on the election of school district officers and on the articles approved at the Deliberative Session. This will take place on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from 7:00am to 8:00pm, at the Pinkerton Academy Hackler Gymnasium.
Supervisors of the Checklist Sessions
Five open seats on the Derry School Board will be filled at the voting session on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Three expiring 3-Year terms will be filled, and two 2-Year terms for seats vacated by resignation during the past year will be filled. The filing period opens on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 7am and closes on Friday, January 31, 2025 at 5pm. Interested candidates can file at the Town Clerk's office at the Derry Municipal Center. In order to file as a candidate, you must be a resident of Derry and registered to vote by Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
Click here to see the names of candidates who have filed.
The Board is asking voters to support a $24.6 million bond to finance capital improvements at all District schools, including roofs, window and door replacements, HVAC systems replacements and improvements to building exteriors.
Capital Maintenance Improvements Presentation
Capital Maintenance Improvements Web Page
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The Board is asking voters to support an operating budget for 2025-26 in the amount of $102,184,053. If the proposed budget does not pass, the default budget of $102,184,054 would be adopted. The proposed budget is less than the default budget, and represents an increase in expenses of less than 1% and a tax impact of an additional $0.02/$1000 over the adopted 2024-25 budget.
The Board is asking voters to support a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Derry Education Association representing Derry's teachers. For each year of this new agreement, teachers on Step 1-14 would receive a 3.5% raise plus step increase. Teachers on Step 15, who no longer receive step increases, would receive a 4% raise. The agreement also provides for an increase of the District's share of the base health plan offered to teachers from 90% to 95%, reallocates funds from an attendance incentive to salary increases, and increases pay for extracurricular and athletic stipends. If Article 4 does not pass, passage of Article 5 would allow the District to reopen negotiations with the DEA and call one special meeting to consider a revised agreement.
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