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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

School board member Jim Richards said he saw no clear edict from voters Tuesday on where the new middle school should go.Board president Pam Walsh, who pledged to abide by the results of Tuesday’s vote if the charter amendments passed requiring public...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A pair of amendments to the Concord School District’s charter decisively passed on Tuesday, throwing the future of Concord’s controversial middle school project into question.The votes could ultimately lead to the reversal of the school board’s...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A Bow police officer has been removed as a defendant in a federal lawsuit against the Bow School District regarding allegations of free speech violations during a silent protest against transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports.The lawsuit,...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Lawyers on Thursday asked a federal court to rule New Hampshire’s controversial transgender sports law unconstitutional for all students – not just their two clients – setting up a potentially precedent-setting court decision.The new request – made...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Republican incumbent Senator Ruth Ward and Democratic challenger David Trumble are clashing over the future of public education funding and the state’s response to climate change.Both issues have taken center stage in the race state for Senate...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Local election results in Concord on Nov. 5 will include tallies for a pair of amendments to the school district’s charter that would give the public more say over major decisions involving school building moves and property sales.While those...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Rundlett Middle School’s three eighth-grade science teachers have grown accustomed to nature’s intrusions.Last year, a bird laid six eggs in the exhaust pipe connected to Amy Schaeffner’s fume hood. When the nest grew too heavy, the pipe broke and a...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

An overwhelming majority of Concord residents support stripping the Concord School Board of some of its power, yet residents are split on whether the decision to build a new middle school about six miles away from the current location should be...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Over 200 students with disabilities have enrolled in the Concord School District since last summer, an influx that has far exceeded the district’s projections and strained its support services.The unexpected increase will cost the district about...

By BILL GLAHN

Bill Glahn served on the Concord School Board for eleven years and during the construction of several new schools. He also served on the 2022 Charter Commission. Individuals opposing the decision of the Concord School Board to relocate Rundlett...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

On the evening University of New Hampshire police arrested 12 people outside the building that would soon become her office, Elizabeth Chilton was 3,000 miles away, serving as the Chancellor of Washington State University’s flagship campus.Six days...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord’s school board planned to build a new junior high school and city residents wanted answers about the location.An architect slammed the proposed property as “too remote,” questioning whether the parcel’s size, larger than others considered,...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Gov. Chris Sununu sided with parents involved in recent protests and a lawsuit in Bow, citing First Amendment rights, three months after he signed a bill prohibiting transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports.Last month, Bow High...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

First-year enrollment at the University of New Hampshire has held steady this fall compared to last year, but has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels.The 2,671 students who enrolled at UNH’s Durham and Manchester campuses was nearly identical to the...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Canterbury residents are set to see a major increase on the school portion of their December tax bill, town officials wrote late last month.The 25% jump means a homeowner with an assessed property value of $400,000 will experience a tax hike of...

By MARGARET LANDSMAN

Margaret Landsman is a 33-year resident of Concord whose three children went through the Concord public schools. She retired from NHTI as an ESOL teacher in 2020. Concord’s school board is the last in the state to have unrestricted power to make...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN and CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In recent weeks, Bow parents who wore pink armbands at soccer games to express their opposition to transgender girls participating on girls’ teams have sparked a heated debate over gender identity in sports and free speech.At the center of this...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A Bow parent previously banned from school property for wearing a pink armband in protest of transgender girls playing on girls’ sports teams can now attend his daughter’s soccer games, following a federal judge’s ruling on Tuesday.During the Sept. 17...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Merrimack Valley’s bus driver shortage grew so dire on Monday that Superintendent Randy Wormald found himself behind the wheel of a van en-route to Loudon.“We’re paper thin and have everyone driving,” Wormald said. “If I’m driving a van, we’re getting...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Merrimack Valley School Board voted Monday to transfer approximately $1.1 million from two trust funds to cover gaps in special education and capital improvement expenses that have arisen since voters approved the district’s $48.3 million...