On March 14, 2023, Jen Larochelle from Hebron wrote a Letter To The Editor to convince residents in the Newfound Area (Danbury, Alexandria, New Hampton, Bridgewater, Bristol, Hebron, and Groton) / SAU4 School District to vote for Michael Delaney of New Hampton over Fran Wendelboe (who was the incumbent).
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Delaney won by four votes. In Hebron (one of the smallest towns in the district) where she lives, 80 percent voted for Delaney because they took the bait and caused Fran Wendelboe to lose the seat. The thing is, Larochelle never talked to Delaney, yet she says in her letter that he would be fiscally responsible and do right for the children. Wonder how she knew that?
Guess what? Delaney resigned, and now Fran Wendelboe is at the mercy of the school board to be the New Hampton Representative when it votes for a replacement to fill Delaney’s vacant seat. I wonder if the Hebron School Board representative will vote to have Fran represent New Hampton.
But wait, there’s more! Hebron is one of three towns thinking of leaving SAU4 by creating their own SAU via legislation,
HB349; the bill has passed the House and Senate, now onward to the Governor for his signature. The last step in the process would be a vote by those towns. Yet, Hebron, Bridgewater, and Groton were able to vote on who should be the school board representative for New Hampton! This is not new in politics but needs to change.
Newfound, SAU4 has a few other issues going on, including using the SAU email address to send political emails and the resignation of the SAU4 superintendent.
New Hampton residents need to voice their support for Wendelboe to the school board now.
