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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Last fall, high school teacher Penny Culliton received a notice from the New Hampshire Department of Education that appeared to expand the scope of a parental notification law passed in 2017. The department’s initial advisory to schools had said that...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A University of New Hampshire prosecutor on Tuesday dropped criminal charges against at least four of the people arrested during a May 1 pro-Palestine protest after they reportedly accepted plea agreements.The four cases were dismissed nearly three...

By K. FIEGENBAUM

Over the past 50 years, a Marshfield barn located two dirt roads off Route 2 has quietly served as the entire country’s hub for a unique weaving practice that dates back over a thousand years. Despite its out-of-the-way location, the Marshfield School...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — The Hanover Police prosecutor filed charges on Thursday in Lebanon District Court for the last batch of the 89 people arrested on May 1 during a pro-Palestinian protest on the Dartmouth Green.Prosecutor Mariana Pastore charged 20 additional...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Tuition at New Hampshire’s seven community colleges will not increase this coming school year, the Community College System of New Hampshire announced Thursday.Since 2018, a full community college course load has cost $6,450 per year or $215 per...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Community members peppered the School Board with questions about the recent departure of and severance payment to former Superintendent Tom DeBalsi at a special meeting on Thursday night, yet most of the questions remained unanswered.After...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The ACLU of New Hampshire on Wednesday called on the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College to drop trespassing and disorderly conduct charges against pro-Palestine protesters arrested on May 1.In a letter to the presidents of the two...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — With teacher retention described as a “crisis,” the Newport School Board approved a one-time incentive payout for returning teachers and support staff in hopes it will help keep teachers in Newport.The returning teachers and support staff...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A group of at least 11 students plans to sue the University of New Hampshire and Gov. Chris Sununu for violating their civil rights during a May 1 pro-Palestine protest in which 11 students were arrested.An intent-to-sue letter is set to be sent last...

By NICOLA SMITH

SOUTH ROYALTON — Under a brilliant blue sky and cool temperatures, Anna Stratton, who gave the salutatory address at the White River Valley High School graduation Saturday on South Royalton green, urged her classmates to live in the present and not...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — With an eruption of bright green mortarboards, the class of 2024 celebrated its graduation inside Union Arena Friday evening.“Your world is as big as you make it,” Principal Gavin Small told the graduates.Woodstock may be a small-town...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — For a few minutes during Friday night’s Hartford High graduation ceremony, the skies opened up over the school’s athletic field and a steady rain fell. Some guests opened umbrellas or pulled out ponchos. But members of the...

Ledyard Charter School Class of 2024Gabriella Bagley, Plymouth State University; Aria Faught; Anthony Gale; Kenia Gardner; Aniken Norwalk; Jacob Renaud; Gage Richards; and Benjamin Stanek.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

THETFORD — They entered to pods and COVID and exited to pomp and circumstance: The past four years had not been easy for the senior class of Thetford Academy, but their graduation on cooling Friday evening was a time to remember, express gratitude and...

By ALEX HANSON

HANOVER — Education is a series of expanding horizons. Students do their work, fail or succeed, move forward and repeat the process all over again.“The human condition is complex,” Hanover High School Principal Julie Stevenson said at the start of the...

By ALEX HANSON

A couple of weeks before Town Meeting Day, longtime Norwich School Board member Neil Odell wrote a letter to future Vermonters about the demise of public education.“Rather than double down on our public education system,” Odell wrote, “we instead...

The Sharon Academy Class of 2024Arya Hilliker, Sharon, gap year, Vermont State University in Randolph, nursing; Cecelia Goodwin, Tunbridge, EMT paramedic training; Diana Chapin-Parker, Hancock, University of Vermont; Elijah Huntington, Rochester, gap...

Oxbow High School Class of 2024Hadlee Grace Allen; James Everett Batchelder Jr.; Matthew R. Batten; Isaiah Réal Beauregard; Otis Michael Brochu; Aivree Elizabeth Bruce; Megan Marie Carlan; George Paul Christian; Cooper Robert Clark; Maisa Marie Cook;...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — The Dartmouth Green was the scene of celebration and defiance Sunday morning as the college awarded degrees to more than 2,000 graduates during a commencement ceremony held under rainy skies.Swiss tennis great Roger Federer, the commencement...