Tag: SAU16

School District is Saying It’s Ok to Lie to a Judge?

July 25, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

GraniteGrok reported Tuesday on a court case involving the Exeter School District. It involves a student who played on the school football team and was punished for telling another student that he refused to use improper pronouns when addressing trans students. It was argued that the student had free speech rights, and the punishment for … Read more

Thank You for Riding Herd on SAU16

September 16, 2024May 14, 2024

by Spike

Ms. Banfield, fellow Grokster, thank you for riding herd on SAU16 and keeping us up-to-date on its numerous outrages, from Sharpie-gate to making athletic participation contingent on following Woke orthodoxy in private communication.

Is It Time For Schools In the Exeter District To Leave the SAU? How About Others?

May 6, 2024May 5, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

Parents and taxpayers in SAU16 have been engaged in many battles over the last few years. Much of it started during COVID when they were one of the last districts to reopen. It actually took the Governor to step in and force the reopening.

School District Has to ‘Retire’ Their DEIJ Director

May 3, 2024May 3, 2024

by Steve MacDonald

It is unusual for the name of a local public school district to have national legs. Loudon County, VIrgina, is one. SAU16 in New Hampshire is another. The Exeter School District has made national news more than once, and perhaps it has again.

The Continued Downfall in SAU16–Exeter

December 18, 2023December 18, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

A few weeks ago parents in Stratham received a permission slip so that their 1st grade children could attend a field trip at the high school. The field trip indicated that the purpose was to learn about political activism.

What Does the DEIJ Director in SAU16 Think About the Jewish Families in the District?

November 28, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

Parents are asking where the SAU16 DEIJ Director stands on political issues. Andres Mejia holds the position of Vice Chair on the board of Seacoast Black Lives Matter, and he serves as the DEIJ director in SAU16.

School District is Sending Its First Graders on a ‘Field Trip’ to Learn How to Be Activists

November 29, 2023November 21, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

If you’ve never heard of SAU 16 in Exeter, New Hampshire, then you’ve missed an opportunity to watch the decline and fall of civilization. It’s not quite as bad as Loudon County, Virginia, but if I had to guess, SAU 16 sees them as a role model for shoveling woke social justice garbage at kids.

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Kensington & SAU 16 – The Law of Unintended Consequences

November 12, 2024October 12, 2023

by Al Brandano

On Oct 5, 2023, while driving by the Kensington School marquee, I noticed one side of the public-paid-for-sign that said, “Indigenous Peoples Day No School Oct 9.” The other side of the public-paid-for-sign said, “Teacher in Service No School Oct 6.”

More Proof SAU16/Exeter is Failing Their Students and Community

October 9, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

The big problems in SAU16/Exeter started with closing down schools during COVID. Parents were left begging district administrators and school board members to reopen the schools and make masks optional.

Investigation on SAU 16

May 10, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

Dear Ms. Fenton, Please review the following information attached to this email. Several parents in district SAU16 contacted me today regarding a PEAR survey that would be administered to students. The notification sent home indicates all children will take this mental health survey unless a parent or guardian notifies the district that they do not … Read more

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SAU16: Pornography and Grooming Students [Content Warning]

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

It wasn’t that long ago when Exeter’s school counselor Kristie Torbick pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 14 year old student.

SAU16/Exeter: Gender Clinic or School District?

March 22, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

Is it any wonder that enrollments are declining, and parents are looking for alternative schools for their children? Is it any wonder, that parents are removing their children from the public schools and looking for alternative schools focused on academics versus social engineering?

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

March 10, 2023

by 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.

Community Organizers Coming to Henniker/SAU24 to Divide the Community?

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

New Hampshire Listens is well known for community organizing in New Hampshire. You should read more about that here. NH Listens is offering “community conversations” in the Henniker school district on March 8, 21st, and the 30th.

School Administrators Deny Students a Memorial Page in Their Yearbook

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

A child’s death must be one of the worst and most excruciating experiences a parent ever has to live through. When it is a death by suicide, there are undoubtedly other emotional factors that family and friends have to deal with.

SAU16/Exeter Finally Does Something Right; They Helped Open a Hillsdale Charter School

November 13, 2022November 13, 2022

by Ann Marie Banfield

After a years of parents pleading with Superintendent David Ryan and the SAU16 school board to focus on improving academics, only to have those efforts fall on deaf ears, several parents and residents decided to open a Hillsdale Charter School.

NH Schools Developing Psychological Profiles on Your Children (SAU16, SAU21 and others)

October 3, 2022

by Ann Marie Banfield

School administrators are going ahead with SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) surveys on your children. This allows Ed Tech vendors to collect sensitive mental health data on students, in order to build a psychological profile on them.

SAU16 : Still Masking Little Children, the Disaster Explained by a Parent

October 3, 2022

by Ann Marie Banfield

Did you think masks were over in school? Not so fast. In spite of the CDC dropping their recommendations on masks, one parent in SAU16 found out that her child was masked at school.

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

September 28, 2022

by 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

Out with a Focus on Academics and in with Woke Indoctrination

September 2, 2022September 2, 2022

by Ann Marie Banfield

There is one thing parents can agree upon and that is, they want public schools that are welcoming and safe for all children. Parents may be divided over political viewpoints, but they generally agree that they want all children learning in a safe school environment.