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Embattled School District’s ‘Rules’ Set it Up to Get Sued Some More

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Thanks to petty despot (DBA: Superintendent Marcy Kelly), the Bow-Dunbarton School District is known worldwide. Kelley violated the constitutional rights of some parents, who have since sued her and others, and the district that employs her is scrambling to mitigate the damage. [I believe there is a court hearing today at 2:30]. As most of … Read more

Parents upset with proposed Pledge of Allegiance ban

October 6, 2024 Guy Page

In response to public outcry, a Bennington County school district is taking heat for what parents say is a recently announced ban on saying the Pledge of Allegiance. The Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union includes Mt. Anthony Union High School in Bennington, and schools in Pownal, Arlington, Shaftsbury, and Sandgate. According to the story reported by News 10 out … Read more

Bow NH:An Outrageous Violation of Civil Rights

September 20, 2024 Debra Blake

Regarding the controversy at a girls’ soccer game at Bow HS on 9/19/24, I am expressing my concern about banning a parent from attending future school activities. The parent, a retired veteran who served in the NH Guard as a helicopter pilot, was deployed multiple times while he had a family, including young children. While … Read more

Bow Public School, Free Speech Suppression,’The Streisand Effect,’ and Getting Sued

September 21, 2024September 20, 2024 Steve MacDonald

A local High school banned parents from attending games for wearing pink wristbands with two Xs. The school reportedly stopped the game and had them escorted out. [W]hen several parents showed up to watch Tuesday night’s soccer game between Bow and Plymouth Regional High School wearing pink armbands as symbols of support for girls-only sports, … Read more

Vaccine Hesitancy Makes Back to School More Complicated

September 13, 2024 John Klar

The vaccine wars unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic have not been limited to disputes about science, such as vaccine efficacy or safety. Uncharted constitutional waters shape differing views of individual liberties in state and federal courts as clashes over vaccine mandates, especially for young schoolchildren, are taking center stage. Parents of public school kids are … Read more

Kearsarge School District is Breaking the Law

September 8, 2024 Nancy Biederman

At the August 29th Kearsarge School District meeting, the school board members voted 6-1 to allow a junior boy to play on the Girl’s Soccer team. This reversed their decision from two weeks prior to follow the new NH state law HB 1205 that prohibits biological boys from playing on a girl only team from … Read more

Meet Stephen Scaer, Candidate for NH Senate, Nashua

September 1, 2022 Stephen Scaer

My name is Stephen Scaer, and I am running for the NH State Senate in District 13, which encompasses Nashua Wards 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9. I have lived in Nashua for 28 years.

Help Starting a Charter School

October 8, 2019 Norm Silber

If the thought of being able to send your child or children to a public charter school appeals to you, but you have no idea of where to begin, may I suggest that the founding group of parents (yes- we need at least 10 parents to make this work) try to establish a working relationship … Read more

Democrat Education Plans Repeat Previous Failures

September 26, 2018October 4, 2012 Don

The debates between Maggie Hassan, Democrat, and Ovide Lamontaigne, Republican, remind me that the success of our children is at stake in this election. Democrat allegiance to Unions and the Educational Establishment lock children into failing public schools.

Today’s Democrat solution to educational problems has been providing increasingly poorer results for decades, just spend more money. That fits Einstein’s definition of insanity, “doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” More money is not the solution, it just raises the cost of poor results.