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Editor’s note: This story is part of the Monitor’s Inside EFAs series, which examines New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program. The series’ first story focused on how money is spent on private and religious schools.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Leaders of school districts hammered by the rising costs of special education services reacted with muted optimism to the news that Gov. Kelly Ayotte plans to increase a component of state funding for special education by nearly 50%.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

State Rep. Dan McGuire testified Monday that a meeting with Epsom School District administrators was the genesis for a bill that would eliminate multiple subjects from a list of requirements for public schools.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday aimed at barring transgender girls and women from participating on female sports teams has already had a tangible effect on at least one local school district.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Boscawen’s modest 1.7% proposed budget increase is good news for taxpayers, but town leaders cautioned that the seeming stability belies what could be around the corner.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Merrimack Valley School Board Chair Tracy Bricchi accused some district residents of “border[ing] on libel” at the conclusion of a contentious budget hearing Tuesday that saw some attendees call out the board and its administrators for what they described as a lack of transparency and accountability.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A trio of proposed laws would require public school health educators to show students starting in sixth grade a series of videos created by a pro-life organization that depict abortion procedures and fetal gestation.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Aroma Joe’s, the popular drive-through coffee chain, has come to Loudon.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

New Hampshire students showed marginal academic improvement in most subjects over the last two years, but their scores continue to trail those seen immediately before the pandemic, according to data released last week by the National Assessment of Education Progress.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Boscawen resident Loren Martin imagines the future of the town’s Commercial Street, she can picture a multi-story building with a restaurant on the ground floor, affordable apartments in the middle, and a rooftop deck to grab a drink overlooking the Contoocook River at the top.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Drivers who passed Epsom Central School on any of the last few Fridays may have noticed a roaring fire burning as students trotted around in snowshoes and slid down a hill in little plastic saucers.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A hacker commandeered a Boscawen video feed to briefly play a sexually explicit cartoon video during a hybrid meeting this week.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Friday morning to note that the minutes for one of the meetings described were updated following this story’s publication.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Presenting a school budget is a typically staid, number-laden affair. 

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Claire Ketteler was growing frustrated. 

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Concord mother Wendy Santiago said that when her son, Noah, attended a public charter school in the area, he sometimes came home with ripped pants and injuries from bullying.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The police response to a pro-Palestine protest at the University of New Hampshire last spring that ended in a dozen arrests likely violated students’ free speech rights and should be investigated by an independent body, a university working group concluded this week.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Epsom voters will decide in March whether to approve a proposed cap that would likely reduce the school district’s budget by about 10%.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The former chief of the Hancock Police Department will avoid jail time for repeatedly claiming to have been working in Hancock and Richmond simultaneously, according to terms of a plea agreement reached in Merrimack County Superior Court on Tuesday.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A Concord police officer was found not guilty Friday on charges he assaulted a drunk homeless man outside Sal’s Pizza while attempting to place him into protective custody.