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CHARLIE Act: NH Republicans target race, history, and LGBTQ+ teachings
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (779+ words) New Hampshire House Republicans are moving forward with a new attempt to regulate teaching on race, history, and LGTBQ+ issues in public schools. On Thursday, the chamber passed a bill that would ban certain types of instruction and punish teachers…...
Kimball Union students prepare for graduation performance
6+ hour, 56+ min ago (68+ words) Kimball Union Academy students prepare Piazzolla piece for graduation'Valley News Enjoying the Valley News? MERIDAN " Kimball Union Academy students Tomoki Hirayama, 18, of Zambia, left, and Marco Valantir, 19, of Montreal, right, practice "Oblivion," by Astor Piazzolla, at the Flickinger Arts Center…...
Rising costs challenge school construction projects
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1570+ words) Lebanon Middle School, the last new public school built in the Upper Valley opened more than a decade ago, in 2012. Lebanon voters approved the project in March 2010, just a couple of months before New Hampshire froze its state building aid…...
House Republicans reject EFA test score reporting bill
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (492+ words) House Republicans killed a Democratic bill intended to strengthen the reporting of test scores for students in the education freedom account program Thursday, arguing it would place an unfair burden on those students. House Bill 1716 would have required parents applying…...
River Bend school monitors high radon levels
1+ week, 1+ day ago (515+ words) BRADFORD, Vt. " Officials at River Bend Career and Technical Center are monitoring elevated radon levels detected during routine testing at the school in December. After learning the River Bend results, school staff started to increase airflow in the two affected…...
School Notes: Windsor High students shine at annual science fair
1+ week, 1+ day ago (340+ words) Eighteen Windsor High School students competed in the school's annual science fair last month. The students chose research topics and completed projects on a variety of topics, including food, biological and behavioral sciences, as well as computer engineering, Windsor science…...
Vermont residents vote against school consolidation
1+ week, 4+ day ago (913+ words) Calais, Vt., and Worcester, Vt., residents on Tuesday voted against shuttering two community elementary schools in the Washington Central Unified Union School District. In Worcester, 212 residents voted against shuttering the Doty Memorial School, while 114 approved of plans to close. In…...
Hartland voters to decide on North Hartland School's fate
1+ week, 5+ day ago (734+ words) HARTLAND " A new proposal for the future of the town-owned North Hartland School will come before voters at Town Meeting this year. Last year, voters defeated an article that would have authorized the Selectboard to sell the 1950s-era building located…...
Colby-Sawyer launches scholarships to combat nurse deficit
1+ week, 5+ day ago (496+ words) NEW LONDON "Colby-Sawyer College is introducing 16 full-ride scholarships for nursing students to help address a national workforce shortage. They will be awarded to eight "talented" students pursuing a bachelor of science in nursing degree starting in fall 2026 and eight in…...
Alternative learning program aids White River Valley students
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1411+ words) SOUTH ROYALTON " On a recent weekday morning, Micah Perez Halsey and Olivia Kelley made lunch for the students at the White River Valley Supervisory Union's Waterman campus in South Royalton. Micah, a 10th grader from Bethel, and Olivia, an 8th grader from…...