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KSC professor refused re-entry to US in December
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (299+ words) Keene State College Assistant Professor of Management Hao "Tommy" Huang and his family were denied re-entry into the United States in December, according to an email statement from University System of New Hampshire Director Communications, Outreach and Enrollment Lisa Thorne....
Open enrollment an open question for school districts statewide
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (1108+ words) A controversial state education policy will be on the ballot for many Monadnock Region voters next week." Open enrollment " which was first established by the N.H. Legislature in 1995 " would allow students to attend any school district in the state regardless of…...
Here are this year's contested school district races
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (73+ words) Here are this year's contested school district races'The Keene Sentinel When Monadnock Region voters head to the polls Tuesday, school board races will be few and far between. But a few contests will appear on local school district ballots. They…...
House seeks to overturn court’s ConVal decision
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1133+ words) Rep. David Luneau, D-Hopkinton, speaks on the House floor Thursday in opposition to House Bill 1815, which would change the education funding system. CONCORD " New Hampshire would no longer have to pay for the adequate education for the state's students under…...
Local high school clinches win at PBS trivia show
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (374+ words) ConVal's senior captain Ben Michaud led the Cougars team to a victory over Merrimack. His teammates include Ben Ferrisi, a 9th-grader, as well as Vincent Hollenbeck and Iris Palmer, both 11th-graders. Team alternates were 10th-grader Colin Maybury and 11th-grader Marcus…...
3 area towns seek to form independent school districts
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (1005+ words) A kindergartner adds green marker to his coloring page at Walpole Primary School in October. Walpole is one of two towns that may withdraw from the Fall Mountain Regional School District. Next week, two school districts in the Monadnock Region…...
Schoolyard Tree Canopy Program Continues to Take Root in New Hampshire
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (393+ words) The N.H. Division of Forests and Lands" Urban and Community Forestry Program has opened applications for this year"s Schoolyard Canopy Enhancement Program, which provides New Hampshire schools with trees and helps turn growing and maintaining them into a learning experience....
House committee reduces list of adequate education elements
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (1021+ words) CONCORD " School nurses and superintendent services would not be required for an adequate education under a bill the House Education Funding Committee approved along party lines Tuesday. House Bill 1121 lists elements that are to be included in determining the cost…...
Marlborough district puts 1-student limit on open enrollment
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (1022+ words) Marlborough School Board member Mark Polifrone, far left, gives an overview of the school district's $7.38 million budget at Tuesday's annual district meeting at the Marlborough School. MARLBOROUGH " Special education costs, open enrollment and a library media specialist position took up…...
What local school officials can and can't change about budgets — and what that means for your taxes
2+ week, 6+ day ago (485+ words) As municipalities and school districts throughout the Monadn" SWANZEY " Local dogs will soon have a new option at which to" Local school officials have limited control over the costs of education" or over the impact those costs have on residents…...