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Disastrous Public Schools Part 2 (Merrimack – SEL)

January 12, 2025January 12, 2025 Ann Marie Banfield

If you have not read Part 1 of the disaster in the Merrimack schools, you can read that here. You will learn why Merrimack residents are pushing back on the school budget along with the poor quality of academics. It is a good preface for looking at the other problems in the district. Merrimack has … Read more

Disastrous Public Schools Part 1 (Merrimack-Science)

January 16, 2025January 10, 2025 Ann Marie Banfield

Parents showed up to the recent budget meeting in Merrimack to ask the committee to reconsider what the school administrators are proposing. The school budget, and spending, has climbed by an alarming rate over the last few years, $5M per year since 2021. This is in addition to all of the ESSER (federal) funds Merrimack … Read more