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Three Upper Valley districts join fight Modified: 5/10/2021 9:56:32 PM CLAREMONT — Three Upper Valley school districts plan to join a lawsuit challenging New Hampshire’s education funding system as part of a coalition that now stretches from Sullivan County to the Seacoast. Claremont, Newport and Grantham will join seven other school districts that intend to argue state funding fails to meet students’ basic educational needs, according to Manchester attorney Michael Tierney, who represents the plaintiffs. Tierney said Monday that other districts also are debating joining the suit, whi...

Their moment in the sun: Lebanon softball gets first win since 2017 The Lebanon softball team cheers as coach Ray Petterson joins them in the outfield following their 24-11 win over Fall Mountain in Lebanon, N.H., Monday, May 10, 2021. It is the team's first win in four years. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Autumn Crowell sprints toward third on her way to the first of two home runs against Fall Mountain in Lebanon, N.H., Monday, May 10, 2021. Lebanon won 24-11. (Valley Ne...

ConVal school bus in snow Staff photo by Ben Conant Published: 5/6/2021 4:32:35 PM The Grantham School District and the Oyster River Cooperative School District will join the ConVal School District’s lawsuit filed against the State of New Hampshire over equitable education funding, ConVal announced in a press release Thursday.  The Grantham and Oyster River Districts join seven other co-plaintiff districts: Claremont, Fall Mountain, Hillsboro-Deering, Mascenic, Monadnock, Newport and Winchester. The plaintiffs maintain that New Hampshire does not meet its constitutional obligation to provi...

NH ranked dead last in state education funding, 2nd in student-teacher ratio. Vt. is tops in both Modified: 4/29/2021 11:04:55 PM New Hampshire ranks among the best in the nation when it comes to low student-to-teacher ratio, a new national education report shows, but is dead last among all states when it comes to state funding for public education. Vermont, on the other hand, ranks first in both categories. The National Education Association, the national labor union representing teachers, released its 2021 Rankings and Estimates report, which includes state-by-state data on education issue...

N.H. ranks dead last in the nation for state education funding A ConVal School District bus. (Benji Rosen/ Monadnock Ledger-Transcript) Benji Rosen Published: 4/29/2021 4:39:56 PM New Hampshire ranks among the best in the nation when it comes to low student-to-teacher ratio, a new national education report shows, but is dead last among all states when it comes to state funding for public education. The National Education Association, the national labor union representing teachers, released its 2021 Rankings and Estimates report, which includes state-by-state data on education issues fr...