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When Elena Register moved to New Hampshire from Hoover, Alabama, four years ago to study elementary education at Plymouth State University, she was looking for a change from her huge southern school district, with class sizes of 30 students and...
Special education teacher Pat Prescott had just four days left in her job at Franklin High School. After working there for 25 years, some last-minute paperwork, classroom packing and goodbyes were all that stood between her and retirement. But the...
In Bow and Dunbarton, the school district has been piloting one new security camera this year that administrators believe could improve safety at all their facilities.The security camera, on loan from a vendor, has given administrators a taste of what...
Students, staff test positive for disease Published: 12/17/2020 10:07:51 AM Modified: 12/17/2020 10:07:41 AM Students and staff in schools around Concord have tested positive for COVID-19, officials announced. A student in the Concord Regional Technical Center who was in class on Monday has tested positive, interim Superintendent Kathleen Murphy announced Wednesday. A remote student in grade 11 at Concord High who attended an in-person activity on Dec. 8 has also tested positive. A staff member at Mill Brook School in Concord, who was in the building last on Dec. 10, has tested pos...
Credit Dan Tuohy for NHPR Most of New Hampshire's biggest school districts have gone largely remote, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Of the state's fifteen largest districts, the majority were in virtual instruction at some point this December. Many say they're closing because of a combination of factors: more COVID-19 cases among students and staff, and growing staff shortages, as more teachers and paraprofessionals are required to quarantine for 10-14 days after exposure. In the Windham school district, for example, around 375 students, teachers and staff were quarantining by the end...