Tag Archives: Schools

ANTI-School Safety Proponents Push Gun Control in NH Education Bill

Today, a hearing was held before the New Hampshire Senate Education Committee on an amendment to Senate Bill 357 (SB 357 – irony noted), AN ACT relative to safe school zones and relative to syringe service programs. The purpose of the legislation appears to … Continue reading

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Granite State Progress: Leave Kids Helpless and Unprotected

Nationally funded Progress Now’s local left-wing affiliate, Granite State Progress, is promoting an event on Facebook called ‘Keep Guns Out Of Schools.’ No, they don’t mean “keep criminals with guns” out of schools. In fact, they are advocating for precisely the opposite.  … Continue reading

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AG: NH School Gun Bans Unlawful

The issue is whether local officials and more specifically local school officials can establish rules (in this case prohibiting firearms on school grounds) where the State Law does not grant them such authority. The obvious answer should be no. | … Continue reading

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Groups to seek info on equity in schools

MANCHESTER — Civil rights groups and city educators are seeking information from the Manchester School District on its efforts to “achieve equity” in Queen City schools. Representatives of the Granite State Organizing Project, the National Education Association–New Hampshire, the Manchester Education … Continue reading

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In Manchester public schools, 22 topped $100K in 2016

Only 22 employees of the Manchester School District – former superintendent Debra Livingston, her assistant superintendents, the school principals, the assistant principals and one teacher – earned more than $100,000 last year, a group much smaller than the 165 city-side … Continue reading

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“School Budgets: Getting Ahead of the Curve”

The School District Governance Association of New Hampshire (SDGA NH) announces an upcoming workshop. Across the state, Budget Committees and School Boards are reorganizing with their newly-elected members to begin work on the next year’s round of school budgets. This workshop … Continue reading

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