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‘It sets a dangerous precedent,’: School officials defend Bow superintendent as legislation moves to remove her
02-03-2025 5:01 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Marcy Kelley, superintendent of Bow and Dunbarton’s school district, is standing up to a legislative effort calling for her removal over allegations that she suppressed parents’ free speech during a girls’ soccer game last fall.

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PowerSchool data breach affects three Upper Valley school districts
01-14-2025 4:30 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

NEWPORT — The personal information of students and staff in at least three school districts in the Upper Valley has been compromised by a nationwide cyberattack on a company that provides database software to K-12 schools.


Lyme School District accepting applications for a new part-time superintendent
12-26-2024 5:20 PM

LYME — The school district announced last week that it is accepting applications for a new part-time superintendent for the 2025-2026 school year. The district includes the Lyme School, which serves roughly 200 students in grades K-8, and about 100...


Why do so many students leave New Hampshire to go to college?
12-22-2024 10:01 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Merrimack Valley High School senior Keighen Duppong knows attending the University of New Hampshire would likely cost thousands of dollars less per year than most of the schools on his college list.Duppong, who plans to study applied physics, has sent...


Amid confusion on transgender sports law, Kearsarge has yet to face legal challenge
12-09-2024 3:35 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Kearsarge Regional School District has yet to face any legal consequences for declining to comply with a new state law barring transgender girls from participating on girls’ sports teams, according to Superintendent John Fortney’s response to a...


Cornish-Plainfield middle school merger moves ahead
11-21-2024 6:30 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

PLAINFIELD — After hearing a plan to combine the two towns’ middle schools at a joint meeting this week, the Plainfield and Cornish school boards voted unanimously to continue to move forward with considering a merger and to reconvene in a month. They...


Merrimack Valley bus driver woes lead superintendent to get behind the wheel
10-10-2024 10:01 AM

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, N.H.“We’re paper thin and have everyone driving,” Wormald said. “If I’m driving a van, we’re...


Hartford tech center relocates some programs to allow for PCB remediation
08-20-2024 8:01 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Some student programs at the Hartford Area Career and Technical Center will have new locations this fall as efforts to remediate contamination of so-called forever chemicals are expected to continue throughout the school year.Testing in...


Hartford superintendent resigns one year early
07-04-2024 3:01 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Hartford Superintendent Tom DeBalsi resigned from his position last week, a year before his contract was to end on June 30, 2025, the School District announced in a Wednesday news release. Caty Sutton, previously Hartford’s director of...


Hartland voters approve $11 million school budget
06-12-2024 6:00 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTLAND — In a third round of balloting on Tuesday, residents approved an $11 million school budget, 630-438. This marks the second time this year Hartland voters have approved a school budget, albeit this time by a much larger margin.The budget...


Hartland voters reject school budget in petitioned revote
05-29-2024 7:10 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTLAND — Voters defeated a previously approved $11.1 million school budget on Tuesday, 551-537, in Australian balloting.A total of 37% of Hartland’s registered voters cast ballots Tuesday, which was 457 more people than on the first budget vote in...


Rivendell school budget revote set for Saturday
05-29-2024 3:23 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — On Saturday, June 1, voters in the Rivendell Interstate School District will consider a second, reduced budget of $15.3 million after the decisive defeat of previous budget proposal in April.Following last month’s defeat, the School Board...


Rivendell superintendent departure adds to district’s challenges
05-20-2024 7:31 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — In the latest of a series of challenges Rivendell Interstate School District, the superintendent of the small district resigned last week.Superintendent Barrett Williams, who will become the principal of Strafford’s Newton School this summer,...


In spite of budget defeat, Newport School Board approves pay raises for nonunion employees
05-12-2024 6:00 PM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The School Board last week voted 4-1 to make adjustments in the budget for the upcoming year and award nonunion employees of the school district a 2.5% raise.The adjustments, which totaled about $146,800 in salary, Social Security and...


Sharon voters turn back proposal to renovate school
05-08-2024 1:15 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

SHARON — A $9.5 million bond for repairs and upgrades to Sharon Elementary School was rejected by voters Tuesday, 271-220.With 41% of eligible voters participating, residents defeated the ballot measure that would have approved a 20-year loan through...


Lebanon School Board considers reconfigured resource officer role
05-07-2024 8:00 PM

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — A new proposed partnership between the Lebanon School District and Police Department would provide a specially trained officer to the schools to assist in safety, educational programs and other support services — but eliminate the daily...


Health insurance, salaries drive up Oxbow budget
05-02-2024 7:00 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

BRADFORD, Vt. — Voters will consider whether to approve a $21 million school budget for the Oxbow Unified Union School District on Monday, May 6. The budget marks a nearly 14% increase over last year’s $18.4 million operating budget for the district,...


Interim Lebanon Middle School principal to hold position permanently
04-18-2024 5:52 PM

LEBANON — The interim Lebanon Middle School principal will become permanent, according to a news release from the school district.Tom Harkins, who began his tenure as interim principal March 4, first took over leadership of the school after former...


First Branch voters approve school budget
04-16-2024 6:01 PM

TUNBRIDGE — Voters in the two-town First Branch Unified School District approved an operating budget of $8.4 million at a floor meeting on Monday night.In a paper ballot vote, 84 voted for the budget and 62 voted no.The budget is up from last year’s...


Hartland school budget narrowly passes
04-03-2024 12:52 PM

HARTLAND — Voters narrowly approved an $11.1 million school budget at the polls on Tuesday, 320-311.The board originally warned a budget of $11.5 million in January, which it later rescinded in order to make spending cuts.They also approved, 443-187,...


Voters approve Mount Ascutney School District budget
04-03-2024 12:51 PM

WINDSOR — Voters in the two-town Mount Ascutney School District approved a $14.8 million operating budget at the polls on Tuesday.The budget, which Windsor and West Windsor voters approved 305-214, is up from last year’s $13.7 million, but below...

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