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Opinion: Leading the nation in civics education
10-05-2024 7:00 AM

By WILLIAM H. DUNLAP and ELIZABETH DUBRULLE

William H. Dunlap is president, Elizabeth Dubrulle is director of education for New Hampshire Historical Society. Recently the Concord Monitor ran a column by the leader of a national organization that rang alarm bells about civics education for...


Should the Concord school board retain its autonomy? It will take a supermajority to change it
10-04-2024 3:37 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A pair of amendments that will serve as a referendum on the autonomy of the Concord School Board will require a supermajority of 60% to pass, rather than the lower state law threshold of 50%.In interviews, two Concord attorneys dismissed any argument...


What happens when your child’s school lunch balance goes negative?
10-04-2024 2:29 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Michelle Beauregard’s son has no money in his lunch account, he doesn’t eat.The Concord High School junior could, to be clear, purchase the cafeteria’s hot lunch option. But Beauregard’s middle child is a loyal pizza eater, and pizza is an à la...


Concord shifts DEIJ director to different role as it re-examines diversity and equity work
10-02-2024 5:33 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Concord’s first director of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice transitioned to a new role at the beginning of the year focusing on restorative justice at the middle school.Quinci Worthey, hired as the DEIJ director in 2022, will spend at least...


Bow divided over pink armband protest focused on transgender athletes' participation in girls’ sports
09-30-2024 8:53 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Alex Zerba stood before a crowded school board meeting in Bow on Monday night, scanning the seated crowd of unfamiliar faces around her in the Bow High School auditorium.“We don't want you supporting our girls the way you are,” said Zerba, a parent of...


Bow residents sue school district for free speech violation following pink-wristband protest
09-30-2024 12:34 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Three parents and a grandfather in Bow have filed a lawsuit against the Bow School District, accusing the district of stifling free speech after they were issued no-trespass orders for protesting against transgender girls participating in girls’...


Rand school funding trial to begin Monday
09-29-2024 12:00 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

To help pay their tax bill, the second floor of John and Meredith Lunn’s Newport home is now a 600-square-foot apartment. Any source of income helps when they’re trying to pay an annual tax bill that only seems to grow year to year.In 2023, that bill...


Crowd gathers at Bow soccer game to protest transgender girls competing in girls' sports and school district no-trespass orders
09-24-2024 8:49 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The soccer fields at Bow High School on Tuesday evening seemed ordinary at first — players from Bow and Milford’s varsity girls’ teams warming up, while parents arranged their chairs along the sidelines.But as game time approached, spectators began...


Saint Anselm College pledges free tuition for qualifying N.H. residents
09-24-2024 8:00 AM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Saint Anselm College announced on Monday its pledge to offer free tuition to students from New Hampshire whose families make less than $100,000 and have a GPA of 3.25 or higher.  The initiative aims to offset the cost of college and make education...


Parents in Bow face bans over protest against transgender girls in school sports
09-23-2024 5:15 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Parents in Bow who wore pink armbands in protest of transgender athletes participating in girls’ school sports have been banned from school property by the local school district.Anthony Foote and Kyle Fellers wore pink armbands emblazoned with “XX” —...


Former Concord teacher Howie Leung charged with sexual assault in New Hampshire
09-20-2024 5:10 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Howie Leung, a former Concord teacher serving prison time in Massachusetts for sexually assaulting a Concord student during a summer program there, will face new sexual assault charges in New Hampshire, Concord police and Merrimack County Attorney...


Who is the Florida-based landlord and philanthropist of a charter school under scrutiny in Peterborough?
09-20-2024 5:07 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Ophir Sternberg, a Miami-based real estate mogul who immigrated to the United States from Israel in 1993, proudly touts in his corporate biography that he founded and generously contributes to a charter school in Peterborough, New Hampshire.Sternberg...


Opinion: For parents of college kids, it’s about learning to let go
09-20-2024 6:00 AM

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra is the author of “The First Freedoms and America’s Culture of Innovation.” He lives in the Upper Valley. Early September when the families of freshmen, the Dartmouth class of 2028, more than 1,200 young fresh faces, landed in Hanover to...


Unresolved issues linger as Dartmouth starts fall term
09-16-2024 11:00 AM

By FRANCES MIZE

HANOVER — With less than a week to go before the start of Dartmouth College’s fall term, rising senior Matt Jachim-Gallagher, of Newport, worked on a friendship bracelet on a bench across from Tuck Mall, where freshman orientation was underway.As...


Opinion: The value of college education
09-14-2024 6:30 AM

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com My father lived with conflicted ideas about education. Without a high school diploma, he attributed his success to...


As statewide school phone bans sweep the nation, New Hampshire takes a characteristic ‘local control’ approach
09-13-2024 4:49 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

On the rare occasions Rundlett Middle School principal Jay Richard takes his phone out during the school day, his students hound him.“Mr. Richard, we’re not supposed to be on phones during school,” they gleefully remind him.But Richard needs no...


Opinion: Let’s stop ignoring the elephant in the room when it comes to bullying
09-12-2024 6:00 AM

By LISA A. WALKER

Lisa Walker is a superintendent of schools in Grantham and was New Hampshire Superintendent of the Year 2022. She lives in Peterborough. In my nearly 30 years in public education, starting as a teacher and ending as a Superintendent of Schools, I’ve...


Judge allows transgender girls to continue to play on girls’ sports teams as case heads to trial
09-10-2024 1:51 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Two transgender girls in New Hampshire may continue playing on girls’ sports teams indefinitely, despite a newly enacted law that bars them from doing so, a federal court judge ruled Tuesday.Judge Landya McCafferty granted a request for a preliminary...


Generational divide begins to emerge over Concord School Board charter amendments
09-10-2024 12:47 PM

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the Concord School Board’s position that the charter amendments need a three-fifths vote to pass.Nicole Fox, the mother of three children in the Concord School District, believes the Concord School...


‘Navigating a minefield with a blindfold on’: Citing liability either way, local school district votes to defy new transgender sports law
09-04-2024 4:33 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Transgender girls have already sued two New Hampshire school districts, alleging that a newly enacted law that bars them from playing on girls’ sports teams violates their rights.Late last week, the Kearsarge Regional School District decided it didn’t...

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