Category Archives: Education
Donna Green: Superintendent Stonewalls Policy Changes
In more behind-the-scenes drama of your Timberlane School District, here is an email exchange between me and our superintendent whose contract extends to 2022. (Note, I am the school board head of the standing Policy Committee. Superintendent Metzler is the … Continue reading
Green against SAU 55 Board Continues
On Friday, August 11, 2017, I was in a small room with three lawyers, being recorded with a piece of New Hampshire antiquity, a cassette tape recorder. … The purpose of the pre-hearing conference was to “facilitate the proceedings of … Continue reading
Committee Looks For Input On N.H. Higher Ed System
A legislative committee is seeking public input about the quality and overall value of New Hampshire’s higher education system. The Public Higher Education Study Committee is trying to determine whether students leave school with critical thinking skills, personal and professional … Continue reading
Default Budgets: Anybody with the Guts to Fix Them?
You may remember that I challenged SAU 55 and the Timberlane Regional School District in New Hampshire’s Superior court in order to obtain a line-item default budget. Unfortunately, I was not successful and Timberlane taxpayers had to suffer once again … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Donna Green, Education
Tagged Default Budgets, Donna Green, SAU 55
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My Fight for Civics Education
Addressing the deplorable condition of civics and history education, the state approved SB 157 last June. The law “requires students in high school or equivalent to take and pass a government and civics competency assessment as a component of instruction in the … Continue reading
At Dartmouth ‘Diversity’ Means It’s Mostly for the Rich Kids
Currently, we lead the Ivies in the number of kids coming from 1% families (20.7%), and only Princeton has fewer students from the bottom 60% of family income (we only have 14.4% of undergraduates from this cohort). | More… |Dartblog And while … Continue reading
Michelle Levell: Nashua Wants More From Homeschoolers
With the next school year right around the corner, some families are filing a Letter of Intent to begin home educating their children. They have a choice to file with their local school district (SAU) office, a private school that … Continue reading
Posted in Education, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged Homeschooling, Michelle Levell, Nashua
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Franklin, NH adds Kenogarten funding to ballot
FRANKLIN, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire city has become the first to put a lottery game on the ballot as a way to raise money for full-day kindergarten. The Franklin City Council voted unanimously Monday to allow residents to … Continue reading
Former Souhegan High School Educator ordered to stay away from Salisbury strip club
SALISBURY – Peter Gagnon, a New Hampshire high school educator charged with causing a drunken row at Ten’s Show Club this spring, avoided jail time Friday but was ordered to stay away from the Salisbury Beach strip club. As part … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Education
Tagged Peter Gagnon, Souhegan High School, Strip Club
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Portsmouth Could Consider Keno
City Councilor Brad Lown said he might make a motion to put a referendum on the ballot to allow Keno gambling in Portsmouth if the city could receive some of the proceeds. “If there is going to be revenue coming … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Education
Tagged Brad Lown, Kenogarten, Portsmouth
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The New Media Militia 