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BANFIELD: School Based Mental Health Clinics are not Working in NH

February 15, 2026 Ann Marie Banfield

This week, the New Hampshire House Education Policy and Administration Committee heard testimony on whether the state should withdraw from the Multi-Tiered System of Support for Behavior. Some school staff showed up to oppose this legislation and explained how these mental health practices are working well in their schools. But this legislation wouldn’t end that … Read more

BANFIELD: NH Pre-K Students Learning About Gender Confusion

January 9, 2026 Ann Marie Banfield

Why New Hampshire Should Repeal MTSS-B House Bill 1754-FN would repeal the statewide law for the Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Behavioral Health (MTSS-B) in New Hampshire public schools. This proposal is not an attack on student mental health. Rather, it is a necessary step to restore academic focus, protect student privacy, and respect parental … Read more

BANFIELD: Schools Creating Mental Health Problems in Children

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 Ann Marie Banfield

Back in the 1990s, schools used a mental health screening tool called TeenScreen. Most people didn’t realize these screenings often produced false positives—flagging children for mental health problems when none existed. Today, with the rise of the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS-B) in public schools, the focus on children’s mental health has only grown. But … Read more

Banfield: Danger – Mental Health Treatment Needs to be Removed from Public Schools

June 26, 2025 Ann Marie Banfield

Public schools are fully engaged in mental health treatment in New Hampshire’s schools. But does any of this actually help children? We now task school counselors and teachers with assessing and treating a child’s mental health while they attend school. There have been numerous problems with this initiative in our schools. We’ve found that some … Read more

Banfield: Mental-Health Lessons in Schools Sound Like a Great Idea. The Trouble Is, They Don’t Work

May 24, 2025May 24, 2025 Ann Marie Banfield

This is the conclusion from Lucy Foulkes, who at one time, believed bringing mental health therapies and services into the schools would help students. She is now explaining why mental health services in the schools, are not working: The reality is more sobering. Researchers have now run many studies testing the impact of universal school … Read more

Obama Era School Racial Discipline Policies Coming to an End

April 26, 2025April 26, 2025 Ann Marie Banfield

President Trump issued an Executive Order ending the era of Obama discipline policies in public schools. In the EO, you will see how Obama pressured schools (by withholding federal funds) so his policies would be implemented in public schools: *In 2014, the Obama Administration issued guidance pressuring schools (including with threatened loss of federal funding) … Read more

The Social and Emotional Psychological Profile on Students

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 Ann Marie Banfield

Social and Emotional Learning has come under fire since it first began showing up in schools. SEL was going to be used as part of a behavior framework known as the Multi Tiered System of Support. The MTSS-B is a 3-tiered framework that guides schools on how to handle behavior or mental health problems with … Read more

Exec. Council Urged to Reject Funding for Unethical Mental Health Treatment in Our Schools

June 24, 2024 Ann Marie Banfield

You are URGED to contact the Executive Councilors and urge them to vote AGAINST #52–funding for MTSS-B.

Warning to Parents: They Are Trying to Turn Your Public School Into a Mental Health Clinic

September 2, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

We already know that Keene State BHII is under Contract with The New Hampshire Department of Education to develop a report for the Federal Government on the Multi-Tiered System of Support. The MTSS-B is a mental health system now set up in schools across New Hampshire.

URGENT CALL TO ACTION for ALL NH RESIDENTS: Hold Our Government Accountable NOW!

April 20, 2023April 19, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

School administrators across New Hampshire are providing sensitive mental health information to Keene State /Behavior Health Improvement Institute. For more information, go here.

SEL + ESG = Social Credit System In NH Schools: The Danger to Your Child

March 23, 2023March 17, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

Lisa Logan has connected the dots on the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in our local schools, and how it relates to the Social Credit System. SEL is part of the Multi-Tiered System of Support that has now been implemented in schools across the state.

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NH Senators Need to VOTE Against SB265 and STOP the Exploitation of Children in our Public Schools

March 10, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

Dear Senators :

I will continue to share information that contradicts what some of you heard during the hearing to fund MTSS-B in our local public schools. SB265. Thank you to the Senators on the committee who voted ITL.

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Mental Health Treatment in NH Schools is Failing Students and Teachers

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

SB256 will award more money ($1 MILLION) dollars, to continue the national Multi Tiered System of Support Behavior (MTSS-B) in our local schools. But how is this money, spent on the students’ mental health, working?

Mental Health Data on Children is Leaving Schools Without Parental Knowledge or Consent

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

After a hearing to re-fund the Multi-Tiered System of Support so that schools in New Hampshire can continue assessing, and treating the mental health of students, I sent this email to Lisa White, Director of Instruction for the NH Department of Education.

Classrooms in Crisis Because of Restorative Justice?

December 23, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

Classrooms are out of control in some of our schools in New Hampshire. So what happened? Why are so many parents in school districts like Keene (SAU29) talking about the lack of discipline in the schools? Some of these parents are asking why the restrooms are locked? Why can’t students use the restroom in their … Read more

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