Local School Budget Planning Discussions

"Free ride" for parochial students ?

  Separation of church and state can help (some) town budgets!   There are quite a  few towns in New Hampshire that have needlessly picked up the budget tab forbusing children to non-public schools.…Continue

Started by S. Dogood Apr 2, 2011.

Efforts to cut health, technology, arts, world languages out of state requirements

State Rep. Raloh Boehm has introduced a bill which would eliminate health, technology, are, and world languages from the state requirements for public schools. He says that the requirements amount to…Continue

Tags: education

Started by LFDA Editor Jan 26, 2011.

What is the real $ cost of public education?

Education sucks up about 50% of our tax base. If anyone cares enough to repond to this, I'll look up the numbers but here is what I remember....Reported per pupil cost: 14k per year (…Continue

Started by Raymond M Nov 11, 2010.

Portsmouth's Mis-Education

Fifth grade sex-ed; this was the topic of conversation between somefriends and I just last week. My arguement was, "that's why theyseparated boys and girls for sex-edin fifth grade," because I don't…Continue

Started by Robert Arnold IV Apr 15, 2010.