David Ryan Archives - Granite Grok

BANFIELD: From SAU16/Exeter to SAU92/Hinsdale

May 21, 2026 Ann Marie Banfield

Problems Persist for Superintendent David Ryan Public trust in schools depends on accountability, transparency, and a culture where parents, teachers, and students can raise concerns without fear of retaliation. When that trust breaks down, families leave, teachers resign, and communities fracture. New Hampshire has now seen similar concerns emerge in multiple school districts connected to … Read more

School District is Saying It’s Ok to Lie to a Judge?

July 25, 2024 Ann Marie Banfield

GraniteGrok reported Tuesday on a court case involving the Exeter School District. It involves a student who played on the school football team and was punished for telling another student that he refused to use improper pronouns when addressing trans students. It was argued that the student had free speech rights, and the punishment for … Read more

Radical Community Organizers on College Campuses Who Created Them? Connecting Some of the Dots

May 4, 2024May 4, 2024 Ann Marie Banfield

College students, and trained Marxists, do not just wake up one day illiterate and acting like cult members– they have to be trained. The dumbing down of public education certainly helps sway students to support a political movement like Marxism, especially if they are illiterate in history, and economic systems.

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SAU16: Pornography and Grooming Students [Content Warning]

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

It wasn’t that long ago when Exeter’s school counselor Kristie Torbick pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 14 year old student.

SAU16/Exeter Finally Does Something Right; They Helped Open a Hillsdale Charter School

November 13, 2022November 13, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

After a years of parents pleading with Superintendent David Ryan and the SAU16 school board to focus on improving academics, only to have those efforts fall on deaf ears, several parents and residents decided to open a Hillsdale Charter School.

NH Schools Developing Psychological Profiles on Your Children (SAU16, SAU21 and others)

October 3, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

School administrators are going ahead with SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) surveys on your children. This allows Ed Tech vendors to collect sensitive mental health data on students, in order to build a psychological profile on them.

SAU16 : Still Masking Little Children, the Disaster Explained by a Parent

October 3, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

Did you think masks were over in school? Not so fast. In spite of the CDC dropping their recommendations on masks, one parent in SAU16 found out that her child was masked at school.

David Ryan’s Departure from SAU16/Exeter: Tips on Hiring a New Superintendent

November 15, 2024June 23, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

Good Superintendents are hard to find, and yet, they are the leaders of our schools. We can learn a lot from the problems that plagued SAU16/Exeter school district under the leadership of David Ryan- so let’s start by looking at what parents can do when it’s time to hire a new Superintendent.

SAU16 – Exeter Parents WIN!

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

Congratulations to all of the parents who have been working hard to improve their public schools in SAU16. It was reported that David Ryan, Superintendent, will be leaving the district because the board chose not to renew his contract. After months of parents organizing to change the direction, they finally see that the first step has … Read more

Exeter Democrats and Their BIG Math Problem Plaguing SAU16/Exeter

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

Exeter Democrats decided to protest Commissioner Frank Edelblut today on the streets in Exeter. It seems that the Democrats who reside there have decided to go after the Commissioner since he dared to expose the bias and political indoctrination happening at some of the schools in New Hampshire.

In this picture you can see Patrick O’Day (far left) who serves on the Exeter Elementary School Board. He was was re-elected this year but claimed to be nonpolitical. Well that doesn’t appear to be true.

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SAU16/Exeter Administrators, Selling More Snake Oil to Spin the Failures of Remote Learning

March 11, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

In the latest article drafted by school administrators in SAU16/Exeter, David Ryan, Esther Asbell, and Christopher Adriski try to smooth over the disaster they helped create in the school district.

Incompetence and Segregation at SAU16/Exeter Deliberative Session

February 6, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

Adult residents in SAU16 were greeted to signs like these when they arrived at the Deliberative Session. Masked residents parked, entered the building, and were seated in one area of the building. Unmasked residents were required to park, enter the building, and were seated in a separate room where they could not be seen.

SAU16/Exeter Taxpayers are About to Be Fleeced

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

SAU16’s Co-op Board met for their budget hearing the other night, and the Board got an earful from those in attendance. There was a proposal by Superintendent David Ryan to cut teachers, cut funding to Great Bay Charter School, and hire a STEM and Curriculum Coordinator.

Laconia School Board Chair Aaron Hayward Answers my RSA 91:A Demand Emails …

December 28, 2021 Skip

Earlier today, Laconia School Board Chair Aaron Hayward sent me an email stating that they had received my RSA 91:A demand. I was rather surprised as most of the SAUs, when responding to citizen-based RTKs usually slough it off to their Superintendents.

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Blogline of the Day: They Really Are Good at Being Bullies – Just Ask David Ryan

December 26, 2021 Skip

The Trans Movement Only Survives by Bullying. “The fear of being dubbed a bigot and a transphobe compels many to perpetuate the insane notion that people can change genders. Only bullying is causing transgender ideology to be forced into the mainstream.”

Parents are Warning Parents: Do Not Move to This School District!

December 21, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

The word is getting out, if you are moving and looking for a town with good public schools, avoid the towns in SAU16.

Where is the Money Tree in SAU16/Exeter? Fiscal Irresponsibility?

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

The New Hampshire Union Leader published an editorial speaking directly to the expense of going to court over a pending lawsuit in SAU16. In Gender gymnastics: How much is this going to cost?, the editor makes several good points regarding the tax dollars that will be spent on this lawsuit.

Civics Education: Turning Kids into Radical Community Organizers

December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

Here is a video clip of Superintendent David Ryan who currently works in SAU16. Prior to becoming Superintendent in SAU16, he worked in the Manchester schools.

SAU16/Exeter DEIJ Director Starts Off By Misleading Parents

October 23, 2021October 23, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

The Superintendent of SAU16 David Ryan, has been pushing a Critical Race Theory narrative for months. This is not to be confused with the Critical Race Theory discussed and debated at the college level.

Superintendent Throws his Diversity Equity and Inclusion Baby Under the Bus– in Court

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

No, I don’t think David Ryan has completely abandoned his radical political agenda (think Critical Race Theory). In the SAU16 schools -he’d never do that! But the SAU16 attorneys tried to distance Superintendent Ryan and his push for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ), on to the schools within the SAU.