Less than three months after voters in Londonderry rejected a warrant article proposing the town move to full-day kindergarten, the school district will be hosting a roundtable discussion on the topic in the first week of June.
In March a warrant article that would move the District Office to Moose Hill and have full day kindergarten stationed at the various elementary schools, failed.
A total of 2,159 residents voted in favor of the project, with 1,661 voting against it, which was less than the required 3/5 majority percentage of yes votes in order to pass a bond project.
The year prior, a proposal which would have turned Moose Hill into a full day kindergarten building also failed.
The latest event, which was posted to the Londonderry School District Facebook page, will be a roundtable discussion with all members of the community welcome to attend on Thursday, June 5 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Matthew Thornton School Library.
At a recent School Board meeting, Chair Bob Slater provided an update to the School Board about a potential option for a future District Office building.
“I got a call this week from a real estate agent that has now listed the building at 5 Buttrick Place,” Slater said during the meeting.
Slater explained that it has been for sale for a few months, and it was across from the building they looked at last year as a potential option to put the SAU office moving forward. Currently the School District is leases space near the airport area, on Kitty Hawk Landing.
“It’s across from the one we looked at last year,” Slater said during the meeting.
The building is currently vacant and was originally the headquarters for Shaffer Mortage.
He explained that they looked at the building during the beginning of Covid-19 and at the time it was for rent, but said the number “were unrealistic I thought.”
Slater said the real estate agent who is listing the property is local and knew about the situation with the current District Office, and that they wanted to let the School Board know about it in case they want to get more information about it, to see if it is something realistic to look at.
Slater also noted previously that the asking price is about $1.6 million, and they were expecting to spend about $1.7 million on the remodel for Moose Hill in order to have the SAU Office there.
School Board member Tim Porter previously said that the District Office issue isn’t going away, and that they should at least look at the building as a potential option.
According to the current listing online, the property is offered by Berkshire Hathaway Verani and is selling for $1,299,000.