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BANFIELD: Governor Ayotte Should Look Beyond Insurance Mandates on Youth Mental Health

May 15, 2026 Ann Marie Banfield

Youth mental health has become one of the defining public policy concerns of our time. Anxiety, depression, isolation, and behavioral struggles among children and teenagers are rising, and families across New Hampshire are searching for answers. Governor Kelly Ayotte recently addressed the issue by criticizing Anthem Insurance for not covering certain mental health services for … Read more

Right Side Up: Schools, Maps, and Choice

February 12, 2026 Right Side Up

This week, on Right Side Up, the new school maps and the latest bill wording (no school choice), and more on Energy policy.” Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Disagree, agree, Got Something to Say, We Want to … Read more

BANFIELD: How the Student Protests Hurt Public Schools, and Teachers

February 11, 2026 Ann Marie Banfield

I hope we can all agree that even if we disagreed with the students who protested at their schools over the past couple of weeks, they have a right to free speech. There is no argument that students may express their views. However, when that expression takes place during the school day and on school … Read more

UNDERWOOD: Hope Damon-Sneaky or Stupid?

December 16, 2025 Jody Underwood

Whenever I see legislation sponsored by Rep. Hope Damon, I wonder if she’s trying to be sneaky or if she’s just stupid. For example, not too long ago, Damon was prime sponsor on a bill to require homeschooled students to take standardized tests. The bill was so badly drafted, it provoked 500 independent home education … Read more

MACDONALD: The Public Ed Industrial Complex Wants Failure

November 6, 2025November 6, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Is public education broken? That depends on whether you think the goal was to redirect private resources to create knowledgeable citizens capable of self-education and self-rule. That was never its purpose, though we must confess that at least a few of the kiddies walked out the other end at least able to read and think … Read more

BANFIELD: When Taxpayers Pay Both Sides

October 31, 2025 Ann Marie Banfield

The Growing Cost of Legal Battles in New Hampshire Schools As school boards and budget committees across New Hampshire begin preparing next year’s budgets, local taxpayers are taking a closer look at how their property taxes are being spent. One area drawing quiet but growing concern is the rising cost of legal expenses in public … Read more

Did Your Kids Learn About the First Thanksgiving in School?

November 24, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

Have you checked to see if your local public school taught the students about Thanksgiving? Did they learn about the first Thanksgiving? Did they learn what happened on the first Thanksgiving? Public schools were closed to celebrate Thanksgiving. Shouldn’t students learn about the first Thanksgiving?

Warning to Parents: They Are Trying to Turn Your Public School Into a Mental Health Clinic

September 2, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

We already know that Keene State BHII is under Contract with The New Hampshire Department of Education to develop a report for the Federal Government on the Multi-Tiered System of Support. The MTSS-B is a mental health system now set up in schools across New Hampshire.

Slippery Slope of Transgenderism Hot Air FI

Suing over Pronouns, Homework is Racist, Armed Guards in All TN Schools, and More! – Stack of Stuff #47

May 20, 2023 Skip

It never ends, does it? The Left never stops, never gives up. We who simply just want to be left alone and want Government to do what we pay it to do and nothing more and nothing less have to learn that lesson. “You WILL be made to care” (Erick Erickson) you can add “If … Read more

Thoughts on HB10 – Parental Rights. New Hearing Date for SB272 on Tuesday, April 18th

March 30, 2023 Op-Ed

The Parental Bill of Rights HB10 was a good bill, and so is SB272, the Senate version – which will be heard by the House Education Committee on April 18th at 10 AM at the State House.

No “Trans Genocide,” Dillon’s School, Getting Porn Out of Schools, and MORE! – Stack of Stuff #42

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 Skip

If you understand what the real purpose of the politics of transgenderism is, that it is better (perhaps) not to list Rights but Wrongs, and an inventive way to deep-six the pornography books in your second grader’s public school library, you’re in luck!

Biden, Fauci, and Weingarten are Destroying America

March 4, 2023 Ray Cardello

I am convinced that no three people have done more harm to America, especially our children, in the last two years than these three individuals. Acting alone and in concert with each other, they sustained the COVID Pandemic far longer than was needed, set our children’s education back decades, and may have made decisions that … Read more

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

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 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.

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URGENT NOTICE: Stop the Grooming of Children with Obscenity in Schools! Public Hearing

February 6, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

An important hearing before the House Education Committee is scheduled for this Wednesday, February 8th, at the Legislative Office Building (behind the State Capitol) in room 205-2o7 at 9:45am.

Another Democrat Bill Placing an Unfunded Mandate on School Districts – Food

January 21, 2023 Skip

Oh, Skip, you’re such a meany – how can you take food out of the mouths of babes in school yards! You want them to go hungry and starve while in school? They can’t learn that way? You know, there was a recent piece on WMUR’s news that Police need more Constitutional training when at … Read more

Call to Action: Fight to Stop Sexual Abuse of Children in the NH Public Schools. CAUTION: Graphic Images

December 19, 2022December 16, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

NSFW – NOT SAFE FOR WORK or children. Yet, this is the kind of content that is now in Public School libraries thanks to Superintendents, staff, and School Board members that are either clueless, turning a blind eye, or totally all in on sexualizing our children.

Loudon County School Superintendent Finally Fired over School Sex Assaults, and More! – Stack of Stuff #32

December 9, 2022 Skip

Virginia’s Loudon County has been ground zero for Parents going on the warpath over what “their” school systems have been teaching their kids. Silly parents, believing that Government is supposed to be working for THEM, found out that Government workers have been working for THEMSELVES instead. Public servants decided to become our Public Masters. Critical … Read more

School Boots LGBT Group Over Lewd Card Game! – Stack of Stuff #29

December 6, 2022 Skip

Yet another list of schools acting badly, sexual identity political groups acting worse, porn in the public school systems, and the question of the day: WHY do we taxpayers keep putting up with this degeneracy? And yes, we should start making degeneracy and debauchery common words again. As always, reformmating and emphasis mine). Read through, … Read more

Promoted From Comments: “It Took Our Public School To Teach Us That Race Is Important = Racism.”

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 Skip

Aaron has a post labeled “Teaching White Supremacy: Part 1” that brings up what one Donald Yacavone has done in furthering the splintering of America’s motto of “E Pluribus Unum” (out of many, one) by inflaming race relations: “Yacavone lays out the arc of America’s white supremacy from the country’s inception and Revolutionary War years … Read more