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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 KAELI BENNETT

WINDSOR — Windsor High School’s community gathered in the school’s gymnasium during Friday’s sudden thunderstorm to celebrate its 155th commencement. Those gathered applauded the 54 graduates for their persistence through struggles, as well as their...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WILDER — Kevin McGreal first enrolled in classes at Community College of Vermont’s Wilder campus in 2017, following Donald Trump’s election to the presidency.Trump’s election the previous year “was kind of a big deal for me,” McGreal, now 31, and...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

CONCORD — New Hampshire’s second-largest teacher union is suing Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut over the state’s Education Freedom Account program, saying the voucher system of using public money to fund private schools violates the state’s...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — At the end of the second week of fall term classes, roughly 500 members of the Dartmouth College community gathered the evening of Sept. 23 in front of Baker-Berry Library to listen to the college’s president, chaplain and student leaders...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

CONOCRD — A group of educators and business leaders have been working for more than a year to revise the rules and definitions for New Hampshire public schools, and an early draft has drawn concern from public school advocates.The changes could affect...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

NEW LONDON — Starting next fall, Colby-Sawyer College will reduce its tuition to $17,500, it announced Wednesday.The new price will be 62% less than the current list price of $46,364. The actual difference for students and families will be less, as...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

PLAINFIELD — Sydney Leggett will serve as interim superintendent for the Plainfield and Cornish school districts following the resignation of Cory LeClair late last month.In an email to the community, Plainfield School Board Chairman Chris Forman said...

By PATRICK ADRIAN 

LEBANON — New state legislation will require New Hampshire schools to teach personal finance literacy and wellness education, including topics such as sexual abuse prevention and understanding child abuse, starting in the 2023-24 school year. Two...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — Attorneys who led the Claremont school-funding lawsuits in the 1990s that established a constitutional right to an adequately funded education have filed a new lawsuit against the state, asking the court to direct the state to...

By ROSE TERAMI

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Union High School’s Class of 2022 received their diplomas in green and gold gowns on Friday night in “the bowl” behind the school — a grassy natural amphitheater — where about 400 guests sat on blankets and in chairs overlooking...