Manchester School District Archives

GIRARD: Teacher Jason Paige, who Celebrated Charlie Kirk’s Assassination … is Out

November 6, 2025 Rich Girard

MANCHESTER, NH November 6, 2025–Jason Paige, the Memorial High School history teacher who literally sang and danced for joy after the murder of conservative thought leader and civil rights activist Charlie Kirk, is no longer employed by the Manchester School District. Girard at Large received the following statement issued by Superintendent Jennifer Chmiel late Thursday afternoon, presumably in response to … Read more

GIRARD: Manchester School District Refuses to Answer Paige Investigation Questions

October 2, 2025September 17, 2025 Rich Girard

Also fails to respond to questions regarding Hillside School’s failure to lower flag MANCHESTER, NH September 17, 2025–Manchester school superintendent Jennifer Chmiel is refusing to answer questions designed to shed light on the Manchester School District’s investigation into Memorial High School history teacher Jason Paige. Chmiel opened a review into the Paige’s classroom conduct after receiving information from Girard at Large concerning his celebration … Read more

GIRARD: Manchester History Teacher Trashes, Mocks Charlie Kirk After Assassination

November 12, 2025September 13, 2025 Rich Girard

MANCHESTER, NH September 12, 2025–A history teacher at Memorial High School in Manchester has celebrated the murder of Charlie Kirk in his classes. According to information received by Girard at Large early yesterday evening and shared on the Girard at Large TV show, Jason Paige is reported to have rejoiced in the political slaying of Kirk. According to www.opengovpay.com, Paige earns over $85,000 per … Read more

What Are Manchester Schools Hiding From Parents Now?

April 27, 2025 Ann Marie Banfield

The Manchester schools have been struggling to provide students with the most basic education. It’s sad to watch, but no one seems to care about making sure these kids get a quality education. Now we find out that they are continuing down the path of failure by pushing the WOKE agenda on students, instead of … Read more

The NHGOP Is Enabling And Funding DEI (That Lovely Euphemism For Anti-White Racism) … WHY?

April 21, 2024 Ed Mosca

First, credit where credit is due. Excellent piece in NH-NeverTrump Journal exposing how broadly and deeply the Left has implanted DEI … that lovely euphemism for anti-white racism that the NHGOP is afraid to call anti-white racism … into public education.

NH Supreme Court Hearing – Manchester School District Transgender Lawsuit Hearing (and “Gandalf!”)

April 29, 2023 Skip

See if you can hear when “Gandalf” is used – an inside joke (heh!). Thursday was when the NH Supreme Court held the oral hearing in the Manchester School District case in which a mother caught the District lying (by omission) to her by not informing her that the District was aiding and abetting her … Read more

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How Much $$$ Are Manchester and Exeter Parents Paying For District To Defend Woke Policies?

September 28, 2022 Skip

And all of this stems from when Governor Chris Sununu sign SB263 made the Democrats political day in enshrining their latest political identity group, those suffering from gender dysphoria and social contagion (i.e., Transgenderism), as the newest “protected class” people that rate “more rights” than the typical citizen (like me and most of you). That … Read more

Manchester School District Is Right on This Point but Is Deliberately Hiding the Truth on the Converse of It.

July 23, 2022 Skip

I just keep tabbing interesting stories all the time but never seem to catch up on writing about them. NH Journal had this about the MSD and why it feels that it can brazenly lie to parents about their child’s transgender status (for which they are being sued). Reformatted, emphasis mine: Citizens may have a … Read more

Manchester School District – Aborting Parents from Their Child’s Life like Democrat’s Abort Children from Their Mom’s Lives

March 20, 2022 Skip

My original title was “Manchester School District Made Their Lying to Parents about Their Kids Even Worse – Policy JBAB,” but I don’t think that adequately conveys my feelings.

School District Lied* to a Mom About Turning Her Daughter Transgender So She’s Suing Them

March 4, 2022 Skip

Back in January, I wrote, “The Manchester School District Is Slowly Taking Away Your Rights as a Parent!” That has turned into a lawsuit. Mom is holding the District accountable for lying to her (*by deliberate omission).

In Other Words, Lie to Parents!

January 31, 2022 Skip

The Gilford School Board’s Policy JBAB has a “Privacy” section that assigns yet ANOTHER “Right” to a minor child that tells the Staff to NOT tell Parents about the Transgender Status of that child while on school grounds.

The Manchester School District Is Slowly Taking Away Your Rights as a Parent!

January 27, 2022 Skip

Editor’s Note: This Mom is writing about the NHSBA sponsored Policy JBAB (“Transgender and Non-Conforming Students”) which many NH School Districts including the Manchester School District, under the moniker of JBAB or similar, have enacted.

“I Will Not Work for Those Who Dehumanize White People and Pathologize Them for Being White.”

July 8, 2021 Op-Ed

This is the full text of the online form “Exit Interview” that the Manchester School District (MSD) asks exiting employees to complete. Questions are bolded and a screenshot of the actual exit survey is included at the end.

Response To Manchester Board of School Committee Member Jim O’Connell

July 7, 2021 Op-Ed

Hey, Jimbo (This guy.) – you lying, bloated, reality-detached bag of gas – you received my genuine concerns, presented “rationally,” in March when I filed my complaint to HR and provided it to the entire Board of School Committee. You replied, saying that you would review everything, and then never replied again.

CRT Armchair Quarterbacks Need Not Apply – A Brief Explainer

July 6, 2021 Op-Ed

Regarding my resignation from Manchester School District in protest of being mandated to take anti-White “White Privilege Training,” some people have questioned the wisdom of resigning, rather than “staying in the game” and “fighting from within.” This explainer is for all of the armchair quarterbacks.

Did Crony Politics Land 21 CCLC “White Privilege” Program Director Tom McGee His Job in Manchester?

June 28, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

Today I opened my email to find a letter of resignation from Don Concannon who is the Site Coordinator in the Manchester School District. Needless to say, it’s pretty explosive.

Manchester School District 21CCL Site Coordinator’s Epic Resignation Letter ‘cuz “Dehumanization of White People”

June 28, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Daniel Concannon, a site coordinator for the Manchester School District’s 21st Century Community Learning Center (21CCLC) program, has had it with the race-shaming curriculum and has resigned in epic fashion.

Yet Another Right to Know Request Regarding Assessing Racial Bias in Manchester Students

May 17, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

Dear Superintendent Goldhardt,

I am following up on my Right to Know Request filed on April 7, 2021. It is now May 16th. On May 3rd [well past the 5 business days allowed by law -Skip] I received a reply from Andrew Tolan reporting:

Right to Know Request Regarding Assessing Racial Bias in Manchester Students

April 9, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

Dear Superintendent Goldhart: Pursuant to the Right to Know Law (RSA. 91-A), I am requesting public access, within 5 business days, to the governmental records reasonably described as follows: All records, no matter what form, including but not limited to, printed documents, electronic documents, e-mails, or any other form of records regarding assessments/tests/surveys/questionnaires for the period … Read more

Help Protect Female Students in Manchester

February 5, 2021 Beth Scaer

The Manchester Board of School Committee is reconvening on Monday, February 8 to reconsider its transgender policy. The committee recently voted for a policy that allows male students that claim to have a female gender identity to access female bathrooms and locker rooms and compete in female sports.