School board cuts budget, but keeps controversial IB

Februrary 6, 2008 Bedford Journal BEDFORD – Getting voters to support staff salary increases is so important to the school board that the board cut the operating budget by another $410,000 in order to offset the cost of the salary articles, which voters will see on...

Salem residents restore kindergarten money

February 6, 2009 Fosters SALEM, N.H. (AP) — Salem, N.H., residents have reversed their school Budget Committee and restored money for a public kindergarten program. Residents voted overwhelmingly Thursday to put $1.6 million back in the proposed school budget. The...

More Pro-Tracy Propaganda From NH Press

Seacoast Online – Tracy has made mark across state in education New Hampshire Education Commissioner Lyonel Tracy has decided to leave his post when his term expires in March. In the past decade, he also served as superintendent of the Portsmouth School...

Why are parents so willing to give up kids to government?

February 5, 2009 AP Free kindergarten eludes the children of a NH town HUDSON, N.H. (AP) — Walk into a public school in Hudson, and you’ll see no kindergartners finger-painting, pushing around building blocks or practicing their ABCs. This city of 25,000 is...

Atkinson Police Chief Bully or Target?

ATKINSON – Two residents who claim police Chief Philip V. Consentino bullied people into removing their names from a warrant article petition are preparing to sue the chief and the board of selectmen. In a notice sent to the town by attorney Charles Douglas, residents...

Resident Barred From Taking Pictures at Meeting

from the Eagle Tribune: ATKINSON — Residents have rights at public meetings, but that can all come to an end when they cause a disturbance. Resident Gary Brownfield was taking photographs at the town’s deliberative session Saturday, but was told almost...