There was a shooting at another high school in America today. Our schools should be the safest place a child can be. Unfortunately, that seems far from reality. “We do not need to debate one day longer on why mass killings take place in America. We’ve seen far too many people killed in schools, in
Things have started to heat back up on the Government Relations front. Here’s what we’re looking at so far: Protecting Educators The committee to study violence in schools has concluded and issued their report. We engaged very heavily with this committee. Special thanks to Rachel Hawkinson and Esther Dickinson for their integral help in making
“In December of 2006 tragedy hit my family. My husband was diagnosed with a rare advanced cancer and he required immediate surgery and would undergo intense chemotherapy in Lebanon over the next year. During this time I was able to use the sick time I had accrued to care for him after the surgery and
CONCORD, NH – June 26, 2019 – Today, elected officials and educators gathered at Somersworth Middle School to make a plea to the Governor: please do not hold our school districts, our communities, and our property taxpayers back by vetoing the recently proposed compromise by the legislature on the state budget. “As every parent and
“The double-standard voted into place today is insulting to education professionals across New Hampshire.” Megan Tuttle, NEA-New Hampshire President NEA-NH is disappointed but not surprised by the vote taken by the State Board of Education to adopt Commissioner Edleblut’s ‘Learn Everywhere’ rules. “Today, the New Hampshire State Board of Education (SBOE) voted to no longer
The New Hampshire House voted in favor of a bill that would require all female and gender-neutral bathrooms in middle and high schools in the state to stock free menstrual products. NEA-NH strongly supported this bill. The bill was spearheaded by 17-year-old Spaulding High School student Caroline Dillon of Rochester. “By most measures, we offer