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Upset with how your town’s schools are being opened (or not)?

September 17, 2020 Ann Marie Banfield

FYI for those who are interested. ***** Thank you for your e-mail that was forwarded to me for review and response. The Department appreciates your reaching out to us to express your sincere concerns regarding your school district’s determination and actions regarding school reopening. While the Department understands and appreciates your goal of reaching out … Read more

The Biden Vision for America – Nationwide Lockdown Until His Scientists Say Otherwise

August 23, 2020

Joe Biden is going to make locking people up a national policy to fight the coronavirus. No jail time, just house arrest, and nationwide mask mandates. Welcome to the Biden coronavirus response.

Your First Responsibility is to Your Kids and Government Schools Are Not Your Only Option when it comes to educating them.

August 6, 2020 Op-Ed

I am writing this because I am concerned and dismayed by what I see and read about the state of our families. I’ve read several articles today about the status of the recent panic and “remote learning” and the ongoing back-to-school planning. Frankly, I am just plain irritated at what I see.

Vermont Can’t Open Schools on Time – Teachers and Staff Won’t Report for Work

December 22, 2024July 27, 2020 Steve MacDonald

If you were thinking about spinning up a private or charter school on the fly, Vermont is ripe for picking. A majority of Superintendents said they wouldn’t be able to open public schools before Sept 8th. Why? They are not convinced they will have the staff or teachers to “do school.”

Why a World Famous Doctor Opposed Closing Schools to Slow the Spread of the Flu

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Dr. D.A. Henderson is not unknown to the global medical community. He led an international effort to eradicate smallpox. Henderson also had some thoughts about pandemics and school closings, house arrest (my words not his), and limiting public interaction. He opposed all of it.

An Increasingly Divorced-From-Reality Sununu Cancels (What’s Left of) School to Save … Potentially … 1.5 Deaths “Related to” COVID

April 16, 2020 Ed Mosca

So this: And here is Sununu’s letter: Sununu’s claim that students are at risk from COVID is a crock. The COVID fatality rate for people under twenty is effectively ZERO. As for students spreading COVID to others, a recent paper claimed that reopening schools would cause an increase in COVID fatalities of 2% to 4%. … Read more

Serious Wetware Development

October 20, 2019 Ian Underwood

One of the first rules of serious software development is that you set up your tests first, before you write a line of code, so that you’ll be able to tell whether your program is working.

Concord School District’s Sexual Assault Train Wreck Keeps Going, and Going…

September 29, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The embattled Concord School District has endured months of bad press. A teacher arrested for sexual assault. The appearance of a cover-up. Poor reactions by the Superintendent to press coverage. A principal and Superintendent put on leave. Now what?

Cornerstone: Student’s Right to Religious Freedom

August 28, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Cornerstone Action has a piece out this morning for parents and students to help get them ready to go back to school. It addresses your child’s right to religious freedom.

Leftism Eradicates Character

April 20, 2019

Leftists tend to hold America in contempt. They prefer socialism to capitalism and regard all white people and police as racist. To them the Bible, Christianity, and Judaism are not only nonsense, but dangerous nonsense. There is an implicit adherence to a belief that men and women are not inherently different or even that male … Read more

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Why Does Merrimack Need $20,000.00 Per Student Per Year?

March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The proposed budget for the Merrimack School system is 77.6 million dollars. That’s the entire cost to run the district for one year. An endeavor that exists, at least in theory, with one purpose. Educate children. But not very many of them. Which begs the question? Why so much for so little?

Educaid

January 29, 2019 Ian Underwood

Over time we’ve developed a method for dealing with situations where (1) we don’t want poor people to be denied access to something essential, (2) we don’t want tax money to be wasted on substandard products or services, and (3) we don’t want poorer people to subsidize richer people.

That method works like this. Poor people demonstrate that they can’t afford to pay for X. We let them choose a private provider of X, who meets basic standards, and we give them money that can be spent only on X.

If X is medical care, we call that Medicaid. If it’s heating oil, we call it LIHEAP (the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program). If it’s food, we call it SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or Food Stamps, or EBT cards). If it’s housing, we call it Section 8 (the Housing Choice Voucher Program). And so on.

An Open Letter to Members of the Franklin, NH School Board

September 26, 2018July 31, 2018 Op-Ed

By Karen Testerman

Once again the taxpayers of Franklin are confronted with a request for an increase in funds. Oddly with a declining population of students, there is still a need for an increase in cost.

What concerns me is that the discussion regarding budgets centers around teacher pay or the number of personnel required or facility needs. There is no discussion about job performance. The results demonstrate to the taxpayer the return on their invested tax dollar.

Bedford School District Book Woes Re-ignite

September 26, 2018February 15, 2011 Steve MacDonald

Warning. Strong Sexual Content.

The Bedford Public School system is back in the news again. Another book has popped up in the curriculum that is questioning the standards of the towns (cough-cough) educational experts. This time is it ‘Water For Elephants.”

This book appears to have some very interesting subject matter, which someone in the Bedford District finds suitable for students to read. I’ll let you be the judge. (This is just a sample, and relates to the “warning” strong sexual content” portion.)

(Warning! By jumping to the conclusion of this post you accept all responsibility for the content you are about to read.)