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BANFIELD: SPED Parent Retaliation in Seabrook School/ SAU21 ?

April 16, 2026 Ann Marie Banfield

Dear Legislators, State Board Members, Commissioner Davis, and Members of the Media, My name is Ann Marie Banfield, and I am a parent advocate in New Hampshire focused on excellence in education. I am writing to bring your attention to a serious and ongoing issue affecting students in certain public schools, with the situation in … Read more

BANFIELD: Tuftonboro Teacher Speaks Out on SAU Corruption

September 11, 2025 Ann Marie Banfield

Many of us who research public education know that teacher morale is at an all-time low. Most teachers understand what a strong curriculum looks like, how to teach content effectively, and how to manage a classroom. But today’s classroom looks very different. Curriculum has been watered down, teachers are told to “facilitate” rather than teach, … Read more

Seems Like the Answer Is Yes! (So Are Laconia Chair Aaron Hayward and Superintendent Steve Tucker Making Jackasses of Themselves?)”

April 20, 2022 Skip

UPDATE before publishing: While it seems that Superintendent Steve Tucker was piously wearing a mask during tonite’s Laconia School Board meeting (according to a caller tonite after said meeting), I can tell you that he was MASKLESS while I was at the SAU30 office today. Hypocrisy much, Super Steve?

Gilford School Board: “They seem intent on making this happen irrespective of people’s concerns,” – Part 2

January 3, 2020 Skip

Again, a few more thoughts on the two Daily Sun articles by Roberta Baker on the Gender Dysphoria / Transgender issues now roiling a couple of Lakes Region school districts: Locker rooms, restrooms a sticking point on trans policy Trans policies highlight rift over gender This from a Gilford resident: “There hasn’t been much dialogue,” … Read more

What Hope and Change Has Brought…

January 27, 2019 Percy Blakeney

America from the founding The essence of our republic has been self-restraint toward fellow citizens. “My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins…” was an Abraham Lincoln quote. We have respected each other as equals. The U.S. Constitution was our philosophical and theoretical framework. Under its words and by its laws, Americans … Read more

Notable Quote and then some….

September 26, 2018June 3, 2013

“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.” — James Madison, Federalist #51.Via Ace – read the whole thing:

The IRS scandal as an example of runaway organizational culture

Organizations large and small develop unique cultures over time. You see this in companies like IBM, Apple, and GM. Employees who stay in these companies over the long term, those who move up the ladder into the executive suite, tend to personify these corporate cultures to a great degree. Employees marry each other, socialize with each other, attend the same events. In company towns, this corporate culture can characterize the entirety of the town itself.

Which is why the current IRS scandal has left me completely unsurprised.