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By FRANCES MIZE

LEBANON — A two-hour lockdown at Lebanon High School and Hanover Street School ended a little before 4:30 p.m. on Friday when police detained a man with four loaded weapons in his pickup truck parked in front of the schools.The 39-year-old Vershire...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — The Rivendell School Board met Monday to delay the date of the district’s annual meeting, which had been improperly warned.Originally scheduled for March 23, the meeting will now take place on April 13 at 10 a.m. at Rivendell Academy in...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WINDSOR — Staffing shortages will leave Windsor and White River Junction without Head Start preschools next year.Southeastern Vermont Community Action, or SEVCA, which administers Windsor County’s Head Start preschool programs, announced the closures...

Articles of note: One article asks whether voters will support the cost of a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with the secretary association, which is expected to cost $103,000 for the first year. Another article asks whether voters...

This year’s school budgeting chaos in Vermont has been justly attributed to well-intentioned legislative bungling. But revisiting the creation story of the state’s school funding system may provide useful context.In the beginning was Brigham. In 1997,...

Article of note: Voters will be asked whether to appropriate $75,000 from the Don S. Bridgman Fund in the 2024-25 school year “in order to afford additional advantages to the students of the District not provided by taxes.”Contested races: There are...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

UNITY — The Unity School Board is recommending voters approve an article on the annual school meeting warrant to begin the process to withdrawal from School Administrative Unit 6, which is based in Claremont. At a public hearing Tuesday, attended by...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — Rivendell Academy’s principal and head of schools retired this week. After 14 years, Keri Gelenian’s last day on the job was Monday.The mid-year retirement comes amid turmoil in the small school community as the board considers plans for...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WINDSOR — The Mount Ascutney School District board voted unanimously Monday night to rescind the $15.5 million budget members had approved in January and bring a revised version to voters at a later date.Board members made the decision in response to...

NORTH HAVERHILL — Michael Tempesta, who was fired last week by the SAU 6 School Board, has been named a finalist for the SAU 23 superintendent position.Tempesta had served SAU 6, which includes Claremont and Unity, since July 2019 before being...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The School Board's proposed budget of $36.1 million for next school year is up $1.23 million from the current budget. The 3.6% bump, which the board approved in a 6-0 vote on Wednesday night, includes roughly $680,000 in pay increases...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The continuing fight against the “divisive concepts” law restricting how New Hampshire educators discuss topics such as race, gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms was back before a federal judge on Tuesday.The plaintiffs were asking...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — In the wake of a SAU 6 board vote to terminate Superintendent Michael Tempesta on Thursday night, he told staff that he “was surprised.” “I never planned on leaving you like this,” Tempesta, who was hired in 2019, said in the Friday...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The SAU 43 administration and Newport School Board will hold a public hearing Thursday on a proposed $22.12 million budget, which represents an increase of nearly 1.8%, or $403,000, from the current fiscal year.The board last week approved...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The state’s education funding formula will be the focus of a select group of lawmakers this session hoping to make it more equitable and pass constitutional muster.The bipartisan group, comprised of members of the House committees on education and...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford School Board is considering a $20.8 million bond in next year’s budget to fund district-wide repairs and infrastructure improvements in its school buildings, including roof replacements, heating and ventilation...

ORFORD — Rivendell Interstate School District seeks volunteers to serve as committee members as the district prepares to implement a three-year plan that will close one of its schools. At a November meeting, the Rivendell School Board approved a...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford Memorial Middle School parents and students on Wednesday delivered a petition to the Hartford School Board seeking the reinstatement an interim principal who resigned earlier this month.The petition, which had nearly...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Leadership at Hartford Memorial Middle School is in flux. The school is looking for both an interim principal to finish out the school year and a permanent principal for next year.Justin Bouvier, who held the interim post,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The Allenstown school district spends five times more than the amount the state of New Hampshire gives to pay for an adequate education.This lopsided equation relies heavily on local taxpayers to make up the difference to pay for everything from...