School tax cap divides voters

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Efforts to cap school spending in New Hampshire met with varied results in local communities.Voters in Derry, Pelham and Hampstead approved a two-year cap on school property tax increases in the Nov. 3 general election, while Londonderry and Windham rejected the measure despite majority support in both communities.Question 2, which appeared on ballots throughout New Hampshire, required approval by at least 60% of voters to take effect. The measure limits annual growth in local school property tax collections to the rate of inflation, adjusted for new construction, and caps school administrative unit central office spending at 6% of total district appropriations.The results revealed sharply different levels of support among neighboring communities, with approval ranging from 52% in Londonderry to 71% in Pelham.According to a town-by-town compilation published Nov.

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