Tag: Claremont

Complaint Filed Against Kearsarge School District for Ignoring State Law

October 5, 2024October 5, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

Dear Ms. Fenton, After repeated complaints by residents and parents around New Hampshire, I am requesting an investigation into the illegal actions by the Kearsarge school district, and any other district that has participated in their illegal activity. HB1205 was signed into law in July by Governor Sununu, and requires schools to designate athletics by … Read more

Trump Promises to Block Funding to any School that Imposes Mask or Vaccine Mandates

November 17, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

Last weekend, I took a trip to Claremont, New Hampshire, for the Trump Rally. He was one of three candidates I’d not yet heard this cycle. The others were Haley and Scott. Scott dropped out, so I won’t see him, but I caught up with Trump: long drive, sunny day (if only about 39 deg.), and some interesting observations.

The ConVal Education Funding Lawsuit … Attorney General Johnny-Woke Tells The Court: The State Is Only A Little Bit Pregnant

May 1, 2023

by Ed Mosca

According to Attorney General Johnny-Woke, courts can AND SHOULD determine whether “the State” is “fully funding” an “adequate education,” as long as they don’t try to determine how much it costs to “fully fund” an “adequate education.” I kid you not … from New Hampshire Business Review: Attorney General Formella’s team is not seeking to … Read more

Endless Lawsuits to Funnel Limitless Amounts of Money to Failing Government Schools

May 1, 2021

With the realization that many of our state and national elections have been determined by pre-programmed ballot counting machine voter fraud, people who now want to get involved need a basic set of documents for research.

The (Arguably) Most Important Question in the Gubernatorial Race That Everyone is Ignoring

October 17, 2020

by Ed Mosca

Do you remember the ConVal education funding lawsuit? From my post back in June of last year: So last week, a single Superior Court Judge decided he was the State’s Education-Czar and implicitly ordered -while, of course, claiming he was doing no such thing- the State to -at a minimum- triple spending on public education … Read more

Why some New Hampshire Towns are Always “Property Poor”.

October 16, 2019October 15, 2019

by Skip

Decisions have consequences – not just at the personal or corporate level but governmental as well. While some towns have tried to do all the right things, some have failed – some many times over.

Was the Claremont Lynching Story a Fake Hate Crime?

August 10, 2019August 7, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

It was advertised as an attempted lynching. Stories accompanied by pictures of a bi-racial boy’s neck with rope burns and labeled as a hate crime. But the New Hampshire State Supreme Court is now hinting that it was a false narrative.

Say Hello to the Claremont Income Tax … and Thank You to our Wonderful Attorney General

June 16, 2019

by Ed Mosca

So last week, a single Superior Court Judge decided he was the State’s Education-Czar and implicitly ordered -while, of course, claiming he was doing no such thing- the State to -at a minimum- triple spending on public education … which would require a massive expansion in spending by State government (at least an additional $1.6 … Read more

If Public Schools Were Subject to Consumer Protection Laws, They’d All be Under Investigation

April 8, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Courts and Education funding have a sketchy history in New Hampshire. Just say the word ‘Claremont,’ and the left’s eyes glow with adoration. You might even see a tear of joy. But not enough joy. So, the Left is at it again. Both in the legislature and the courts.

The Claremont Way

April 5, 2019

by Jim Kofalt

In the mid-1990’s, the town of Claremont pleaded poverty, insisting that the rest of the state should pony up more money to fund its local schools. The result was the imposition of a wealth-redistribution scheme on the rest of our state. A decade later, Claremont wasn’t looking so poverty-stricken after all.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Attracts a Crowd of Six People in New Hampshire

May 4, 2019March 18, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Bill de Blasio was in New Hampshire Sunday for a panel discussion on mental health. Twenty people showed up. Fourteen of the twenty were on the panel. That means only six people showed up — one for each reporter who appeared to document the dismal showing.

Opportunity is Knocking. Will Chris Sununu Answer the Door?

March 17, 2019

by Ed Mosca

So ConVal School District has sued over education funding. A copy of the lawsuit can be found in this New Hampshire Public Radio article. Essentially, ConVal urges the State Supreme Court to reprise its ongoing role as State Supreme School Board and order that the State has to use ConVal’s formula to determine the “cost … Read more

Something Steve’s Post on the Florida Supreme Court’s Recent Education Funding Decision Made Me Think Of …

January 5, 2019

by Ed Mosca

Steve MacDonald recently posted Florida Court Invokes Separation of Powers in Refusal To Play ‘Adequacy’ Game in Public Education on Granite Grok. You should read it. You should also read the decision. As a parenthetical note, the Florida constitution -before the amendment in issue in the decision- actually contained the word “adequate”: Prior to 1998, article … Read more

Myths Regarding Education Funding

October 22, 2018

by Ian Underwood

Hint: It Is Not About the Children or Their Academic Outcomes All too often, especially in election years, we hear candidates make promises they cannot – or will not – keep. They claim they can lower property taxes without proposing spending cuts or indicating where the dollars would come from to replace the reduced funding … Read more

Grok Poll Results: Amend the NH Constitution to Get the Courts Out of Education Funding?

September 26, 2018July 5, 2018

by Steve MacDonald

Not a lot of votes on this one but the overall consensus of those who took the time is that they would “support an effort to get the courts out of the educational funding morass.”

Brave souls, knowing as they do that Constitutional amendments – heck, Constitutions – are not what they once were.

To that end, there were a few comments added in the ‘other’ field which I’ve shared on the jump.

Claremont special election…

September 26, 2018June 5, 2013

Osgood via doubleyouemyouare……..