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House Passes Common Sense School Safety Gun Bill

NEA-NH applauds today’s House vote to move HB564 to the Senate to help make NEW Hampshire schools safer places for our children. “Guns have no place in safe school zones. Period,” said Megan Tuttle, NEA-New Hampshire President. “Safe School Zones are not an option – they are the very least we can do to help assure our student’s safety.” “Our foremost priority as educators is to ensure the safety and well-being of our students. All of us share a responsibility to create and maintain safe schools and communities. House members took a stand today to help make sure every student […]

James Patterson Donates $1.25M to Classroom Libraries

NEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson’s latest gift for literacy is a $1.25 million pledge to classroom libraries. On Tuesday, the best-selling author announced the fifth installment for his Patterson Partnership, formed in coordination with Scholastic Book Club. Patterson is giving $250 each to 4,000 teachers around the country to help purchase books. He is also distributing $500 each to 500 teachers with three years or less experience. Scholastic will match Patterson with gifts of 250 and 500 bonus points for its book club. Teachers can apply for grants through www.scholastic.com/pattersonpartnership . The deadline is July 31. In recent years, […]

Dover Teachers Hold Second #Red4ED Event

After their second walk-in and walk-out (working to contracted hours), Dover teachers rallied outside city hall before tonight’s school board meeting. Dover Teachers Union negotiators meet with the board for its tenth and hopefully final meeting on Friday morning. About 100 Dover teachers and their supporters wore #RedforEd to call attention to the lack of funding for public education in Dover. “Dover teachers are working around the clock to make a difference in the lives of their students and standing up for better school funding. They’re raising their voices together for their students, for their schools and for their community,” […]

NEA-NH Seacoast Region Affiliates Contracts Approved by Voters

NEA-NH units in the Seacoast Region also did very well at the polls. While we are still awaiting a few results and the possibility of a recount in one town, we can report that 10 associations affiliated with NEA-NH had their CBA’s passed by voters including: Epping Education Association Exeter Paraprofessional Association Fremont Education Association Oyster River Regional Educational Support Staff Association Newfields Paraprofessionals Association Newmarket Teachers Association Rye Educational Support Professionals Association Sanborn Regional Education Association- Passed both towns, Kingston and Newton Sanborn Educational Support Professionals – Passed both towns Seacoast Education Association

NEA-NH Western Region Results Show Impressive New Gains for Members in Newport

NEA-NH locals associations in the Western Region did very well at the polls last night, most notably in Newport where educators there saw their efforts succeed as their three year contract passed after years of working under an expired agreement. Grantham Education Association – 3 year CBA Fall Mountain Educational Support Staff – 3 year CBA Hanover Education Association – 3 year CBA Hanover Support Staff – 3 year CBA Lebanon Education Association – 3 year CBA Lempster Education Association – 3 year CBA Mascoma Support Staff – 3 year CBA Newport Teachers Association – New 3 year CBA will […]

Capital Region NEA-NH Affiliates See Contracts Approved at Polls and Town Meetings

NEA-NH local associations in the Capital Region saw their efforts to mobilize voters pay off as new collective bargaining agreements were approved at the polls last night and during Town Meetings earlier this month. The following NEA-NH affiliates have new CBAs now in place: Merrimack Valley Support Staff Association Hopkinton Education Support Staff Dunbarton Education Association Goffstown Education Association New Boston Education Association Weare Education Association John Stark Support Personnel Association Epsom Support Staff Association Deerfield Education Association