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Speakers Announced for 603 Alliance School Board Training

January 13, 2026 Press Release

The 603 Alliance is proud to announce a growing list of speakers and trainers for our School Board Candidate training on Jan. 25th. Look for an update soon with additional speakers to help you win your race and take back our schools. Sign up for our school board candidate training! Not running? Know someone who is? Time is running … Read more

TYSON: The Silver Lining on Claremont’s Cloud

August 28, 2025August 26, 2025 Kevin P. Tyson

The City of Claremont is in a tough spot. The district’s teaching staff has not been able to produce students educated to an acceptable level of proficiency for quite some time.

MacDonald: School Board Member Calls for Doxxing Federal Agents

July 25, 2025 Steve MacDonald

A concerned citizen has emailed the New Hampshire Department of Justice to report that Giana Gelsey, who serves on the Oyster River School Board, recently posted a comment on social media stating, “We need to identify and dox these officers…,” referring to federal agents. Here is the email sent to the Education Commissioner and the … Read more

Hartford Residents Fear for Their Safety Because…?

February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 Aaron Warner

An email was sent out recently by the Interim Superintendent for the Hartford School District, Caty Sutton, raising questions about the safety of Hartford area students at school. In the cryptic letter Miss Sutton implies one or more of the recent executive orders issued by the Trump Administration has raised the fears and anxiety of … Read more

Finally, a School Board Willing To Stand up and Fight for Their Students

August 19, 2024 Ann Marie Banfield

The Seabrook School Board has formed a committee to consider withdrawing from SAU21. Remember, SAU21 is focused on politicizing the district rather than improving academic outcomes. First the SAU called in the radical leftist political group Seacoast Outright for a day of professional development training for their teachers. SAU21 then called in another political day … Read more

Morning View: You Don’t Need “Allies” Unless You See Enemies

June 13, 2024 Ed Mosca

Here is Jason Bonilla … sans cowboy hat, but still wearing a hat … while sitting as a member of the Manchester School Board … talking about how the School Board needs more people who look like him. According to Bonilla, it is not good enough that there are “allies” … a lovely euphemism for … Read more

Night Cap: School Board Member Busted for Racist Obnoxious Posts … Resigns (But It’s Not His Fault)

February 20, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Northwood School Board Member Gary Caron has some interesting social media posts. We published some of them yesterday in advance of a meeting on that content scheduled for Wednesday. Rather than face the public and defend his exercise(s) of free speech in person, Gary has decided to resign.

Nine Years of Decline and Perversion in Dover

August 4, 2023 Op-Ed

Does creepy Carolyn Mebert, Ward 3, School Board Chair, love porn? Since she’s been on the school board, over 110 sexually explicit books that were not here before, have been added to school libraries.

Did Your NH School Board Member Tell the Legislature To Vote Against Parental Rights Tomorrow?

May 17, 2023 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Senate Bill 272 (SB272) is coming up for a vote in the NH House this week and probably tomorrow, Thursday, May 18th. It is the Parental Rights Bill. Legislation that the following School Board Members want them to vote down.

Hey Mikey: And What’s Sun-King Sununu Doing About It … ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

April 30, 2023 Ed Mosca

So NH-NeverTrump Journal is tweeting about the rainbow-bureaucracy sexualizing children in Hanover. We have a supposedly REPUBLICAN Governor and supposedly REPUBLICAN appointees running the State’s Department of Education and Attorney General’s office. And, apparently, NONE of them … not Sununu, not Edelblut, not Johnny-Woke Formella are doing anything about it. I’m sure they would say … Read more

11-Year-Old Windham, ME Boy Asks His School Board to Stop the Smut

February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

When a child has to ask an adult to act like an adult, there is a real problem. But that’s what happened with an 11-year-old boy from Windham, ME recently. Make sure you listen to what he says and do not miss his father, who speaks after him.

Call for Candidates: Run for School Board!

December 27, 2022 Steve MacDonald

If you’re concerned about the decline in academic standards, the harm done by shutdowns and mandatory masking, and the politicization of our public schools, please consider running for School Board in your district. We need to take back control of our schools and renew their focus on academic achievement.

Upper Moreland School Board Jennifer Solot

School Board Member #Wokesplains Herself Out of Office

December 16, 2022December 15, 2022 Auntie Vaquser

If you wanted to find a busy-body-positive social justice gender warrior and had no interest in joining Instagram or TikTok, a school board might be the first place to look for her. Moth to a flame that.

Youre fired finger flick blue guy Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

School Board Fires #Woke Superintendent and Legal Counsel, Bans CRT, Orders Review of Library Catalog

November 26, 2022 Steve MacDonald

The frontline of the culture war was always in the public schools, but it took bullying racists and Groomers to get parents outraged enough to act. Hundreds of School Board seats have been flipped, with thousands more in their sites as parents try to take back their schools, like this one in South Carolina,

The Comrade Running the Derry School Board Meetings

November 23, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

Our elected representatives are supposed to represent the people who elect them. There will certainly be times when our elected representatives vote, or do not share our views on an issue. I think we all know how that works. But what happens when those you elect, decide that they do not want to hear from you.

Parents in SAU34 Calling On Superintendent and School Board to Stop Teaching Children to Have Sex With Adults

November 18, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

This post has gone viral in New Hampshire. Parents are fed up with schools grooming and sexualizing their children. This isn’t about a difference in opinions on a book. This is about sexually explicit material and photos being shared with children through the Sora App.

HB1169 Reintroduced – “Relative to Public Comment and Inquiry During School Board Meetings”

November 16, 2022 Skip

Last year, NH State Rep Judy Aron and I tried to address what I think is a serious issue for a type of Elected Representatives that seemingly don’t believe that is what they are even as they run for election. In short, they call themselves “School Board members”. And many school boards have a policy … Read more

North Hampton School Board Member Katelyn Belanger Treats Constituents With Scorn and Disdain

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

The testimony that the public brings to elected officials is presented to help them better understand their views. Those who serve the public may not always agree or support those views, but that is the role of an elected official.

“Why is a Political Activist Organization Presenting Training to School Personnel?”

August 5, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

To the members of the North Hampton School Board: Thank you for your thoughtful consideration on the important matter of the Seacoast Outright training for teachers in SAU21.

Argument cartoon Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay

Why We Can’t Have Substantive Public Discussions

May 14, 2022 Ian Underwood

At the most recent meeting of the Croydon school board, I was talking to a well-educated journalist — at least, given who she works for, I assume she’s well-educated — who seemed to be unable to grasp the difference between taking something from someone and not giving something to someone.