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Donna Green, Founder and President of the School District Governance of NH (“SDGANH”) gave her presentation “The Problem with School Boards: Inertia, Ignorance, Misplaced Loyalties, and Left-Wing Agendas” at 603 Alliance’s RevCon 2021 event last Saturday.
PRESS RELEASE February 8, 2018, 11 pm Sandown, NH GREEN RESIGNS FROM TIMBERLANE BOARD OVER DOBSON NO TRESPASS For immediate release: The following is Donna Green’s statement following her resignation from the Timberlane Regional School Board on Thursday night, Feb. 8. after a meeting in which the board failed to rescind the no trespass order … Read more
The New Hampshire State Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling and ruled in favor of Donna Green in her Right to Know suit against The Earl of Metzler and Timberlane Regional Polizeistaat. You can read the entire decision here. H/T Jorge! Here’s a snippet. Accordingly, we conclude that the plaintiff was entitled to the … Read more
If you would like to watch/listen to oral arguments in the case of Donna M. Green v. School Administrative unit#55, here is a link to the video. Donna Green v. SAU #55Donna Green v. SAU 55. It is about 30 minutes long. There is also a link to audio on the Courts WebCast page, if you … Read more
It has been nearly two weeks since “Town Elections” in New Hampshire, that Tuesday in March when a majority of local elections occur in the Granite State. One in particular that we mentioned was the Timberline Regional School District (TRSD), famous on our pages for its former Superintendent Earl Metzler and contributor Donna Green, who … Read more
Travis O’Hara isn’t technically a bad Republican vote. If and when he shows up (not showing up for crucial votes is certainly bad), his HRA score for 2023 was a hair over 90%. You judge what that means, but as you do, please also consider his ready embrace of progressive language.
We want to congratulate ‘Grok author Laurie Ortolano. The Nackey Loeb School has chosen to honor her with its First Amendment Award on October 26th at the NH Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.
Well done! SDGA’s Annual General Meeting is in the History Books. Did you know the SDGA was founded in November 2016? We are just about seven years old! Although we don’t have a birthday party in November, we do hold an Annual General Meeting for all our members in May. This year, on May 13th, we … Read more
Summer 2022 Newsletter Giving voters a voice by empowering elected school district officials to reclaim control over budgets and curriculum. Announcing SDGA’s New President: Eric Pauer Eric Pauer, formerly SDGA Vice President was elected President at the SDGA Annual General Meeting on July 9th. Eric brings a strong background in organizational leadership, and we look forward … Read more
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Giving voters a voice by empowering elected school district officials to reclaim control over budgets and curriculum. We’ve been exercising our voice. On September 29, the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Biden, ” [o]n behalf of our state associations and the more the 90,000 school board members…” The letter called on the … Read more
On September 29, the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Biden asking him to direct the force of the FBI and Homeland Security against angry parents who are disrupting school board meetings to protest masks and Critical Race Theory arguing that their behavior “…could be the equivalent to a form of domestic … Read more
The school shut down after COVID-19 unleashed a new group of parents who are fed up with their children suffering at the hands of people who they pay, and they elect to serve them.
SDGA members should be aware of two extraordinary conflicts that made news in June, both involving school boards and Critical Race Theory instruction.
March 2021 Newsletter Giving voters a voice by empowering elected school district officials to reclaim control over budgets and curriculum. — Upcoming SDGA events — Webinar: Tool Kit for Newly Elected School Board Members Newly elected school board members face a steep learning curve. Get an overview of responsibilities, timelines, common issues and necessary resources. Conducted … Read more
Right to Know Law is not “anti-union,” nor are the changes in House Bill 206 radical. This legislation proposes changes that would require public union negotiations to be conducted in public.
Giving voters a voice by empowering elected school district officials to reclaim control over budgets and curriculum.
Giving voters a voice by empowering elected school district officials to reclaim control over budgets and curriculum. — Upcoming SDGA events — How to Make a Right to Know Request The President of Right to Know NH, David Saad, will conduct a webinar for the SDGA on how to make an effective Right to … Read more
The New Hampshire School Boards Association (NHSBA) recently provided to their member boards a draft of Policy IHBG regarding home education. Granite State Home Educators (GSHE) did an analysis of the NHSBA policy draft and found that their proposed policy has several problematic components.
The good news (bad news) is that Timberlane is rid of Superintendent Earl Metzler. They had to pay him to go away. Sadly, he did not go far. He will be “consulting” for Hampstead.