Tag: Students

Community Schools Offering Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy to Children

May 23, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

At the beginning of the legislative session, Senator Dan Innis proposed legislation that would allow school districts to contract with a health care provider, health system, or community partner to establish a school based health center for the purpose of providing services to students beyond the scope of school nursing services. The public made sure … Read more

Another Local School District Asked to Explain Its Anti-Semitism

May 9, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

Just imagine where we’d be if Superintendents in New Hampshire were this focused on academic excellence in their public schools!!

If Your NH Public School Is Coercing Students to Identify as the Opposite Sex, Contact Me

April 19, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) — Several central Ohio parents suing Hilliard City Schools allege a student suffering from “severe emotional trauma” was pressured by teachers to adopt “a new name and identity as the opposite sex.”

Mental Health Data on Children is Leaving Schools Without Parental Knowledge or Consent

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

After a hearing to re-fund the Multi-Tiered System of Support so that schools in New Hampshire can continue assessing, and treating the mental health of students, I sent this email to Lisa White, Director of Instruction for the NH Department of Education.

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.

NH Students Identifying as Cats and Dogs at School

October 30, 2022

by Ann Marie Banfield

I had heard about this new trend a while ago. Many parents from Timberlane posted on social media about the students identifying as cats and dogs at schools.

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A Big Win for the Ku Klux Klan and High School Students in Portsmouth

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022

by Ann Marie Banfield

Students in Portsmouth were on a quest to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. It was reported in Seacoast Online that they were successful, but unfortunately, the students provided ill-informed reasons for making this change.

The 5 Myths You Must Ignore About Assignment Services

June 7, 2022

by Guest Contributor

Because of the internet, there is an opportunity to provide various services online, including the ones in the academic realm. Taking advantage of this trend, several assignment services have sprung into existence. These platforms leveraged the internet’s ability to reach millions of students from around the globe.

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Top 5 Strategies for Motivating Students

June 6, 2022

by Guest Contributor

The pandemic situation, remote learning, and the excessive use of technology have shown that keeping students focused and motivated is essential. Educators and psychologists have faced the problem of emotional belonging as the participation of students in the learning process has decreased.

Impact of Using the Internet on Students

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022

by Guest Contributor

Students these days have come to rely on the Internet for a number of reasons. It’s fast, easily available, and contains a lot of resources. Many students use the web, but how much do we know about its effect on students? In this article, we go over some established impacts of using the Internet on students.

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How Can a Student Combine Study and Work?

May 23, 2022

by Guest Contributor

There are many reasons why students start thinking about working while studying. Among them is the opportunity to earn extra money, form a financial safety cushion, or realize their ambitions.

Working Students: A Unique Breed of Juggler

April 27, 2022

by Guest Contributor

As the adage has it, you can’t be serving both gentlemen simultaneously. But what if you have to? For example, what does a working student do when he or she is balancing work and study. Is it possible that efficiency can be achieved in both aspects if you put yourself into work and study at the same time?

To the Merrimack School Board (and others): NO to the Jab! PART 2

December 16, 2024September 26, 2021

by Op-Ed

This is a follow-up to my prior guest op-ed submission to Granite Grok regarding the riskiness of these so-called “vaccines.”

Study: Teachers Do Not Have An Increased Risk of Hospitalization for COVID19

September 9, 2021

by Steve MacDonald

In a report published September 2nd, researchers concluded a 12-month study showing that teachers do not have an increased risk of hospitalization from COVID19.

Teachers Start Off Without Masks As Students Are Required To Wear Them

August 25, 2021August 25, 2021

by Ann Marie Banfield

The school boards in Exeter and Nashua voted for mandatory masks for their students. However, here are a few pictures captured and posted showing teachers not wearing masks at back-to-school meetings this week. How can this be?

Does Your Public School See Parents as a Threat or a Weakness?

August 13, 2021August 9, 2021

by Ann Marie Banfield

After scanning through the file from the SAU16 DEIJ brainstorming session, I have to ask, are parents now a threat or a weakness to their children? Under families in the screenshot below, there are two categories you fit in as a parent in SAU16.

Maskateria – Lab Results Found 11 Pathogen “Buffet” in Masks Worn by Children (But Not One Virus)

June 17, 2021

by Steve MacDonald

The face-covering virtue signal buffet comes with risks. You knew that; we’ve been reporting on it for over a year. But a group of parents in Gainesville, Florida wanted data, so they sent their kid’s facemasks to the lab. The results are what we’d call “science!”

Does NH State Law Prohibit the Use of Breathing Restraints on Students?

May 5, 2021May 5, 2021

by Doris Hohensee

Sure does look that way!

Requiring students to wear a mask for school, or athletics is by definition mandating a physical restraint. A mask “[o]bstructs a child’s respiratory airway or impairs the child’s breathing or respiratory capacity or restricts the movement required for normal breathing.”

It Has To Stop – Take These Off of Our Children!

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

by Steve MacDonald

This is powerful stuff right here. A mom uses her two minutes before a school board to make the case that needs making all over America. Right here in New Hampshire. You talk about social-emotional health then torture little kinds with mask mandates when they are not even at risk.

Promoted From the Comments – Really! Why Is One Allowed and the Other Is Not, NH Gov. Chris Sununu?

March 27, 2021

by Skip

Interesting comment left by Commenter Absee on last night’s Friday Open Thread (Now we know who leads this Country): “Yesterday, 3/25/21, Gov. Sununu made it very clear that out-of-state students are not eligible for Covid-19 vaccine and they must return to their home state to get vaccinated.”