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NEW LONDON - Three Colby-Sawyer College students are charged with hosting an under-age drinking party after more than 100 students were taken into custody at an off-campus house Friday night.
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DOVER - Police arrested Middle School Principal Larry DeYoung after he failed a field sobriety test late Sunday afternoon. This is DeYoung's second DWI arrest. The city's school board knew of the December 2008 incident, but did not punish him because it occurred on a weekend during Christmas vacation.
With flu spreading, some school officials worry that they could end up with a shortage of substitutes if too many classroom teachers get sick.
DURHAM - Updated, 11:53 a.m. The University of New Hamsphire and its faculty union are at impasses after the union rejected a proposed one-year contract that included a 1.5 percent pay hike, 1 percent across the board and the other half percent awarded for merit.
CONCORD - School districts hoping to win state aid for new school buildings next March may have to wait a year.
FREMONT - Updated, 9:12 a.m. A car struck a utility pole early this morning, cutting off power to an area that included the Ellis School. The opening of school was delayed by two hours but officials are considering canceling classes entirely if power is not restored soon.
LONDONDERRY - Nearly one in five students enrolled in the Londonderry School District was listed as out sick yesterday, with many reporting flu-like symptoms.
More on NH schools and health:
►H1N1 confirmed on UNH campus (1)
►Windham: School officials say today's absentee rate will tell story
►Pinkerton nurse relying on instincts
►Whooping cough strikes at Fremont's Ellis School
FREMONT - Parents have been advised that pertussis is contagious.
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- > More students in line for free, cheaper lunch (14)
- > West students see pros and cons
- > Dartmouth looks to plug financial hole (7)
- > School district hopes to leverage the green (7)
- > High school is topic of packed forum (12)
- > A back-to-school primer for city's parents and students
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- > Competency tests pack Bedford summer school sessions (16)
- > Builders, architects gathering at PSU for energy-efficiency design conference
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- > Londonderry Blue Lions set to host fundraiser
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- > Editorial Cartoon: School funding
- > Editorial Cartoon: No Child Left Behind
- > Editorial Cartoon: Popular names (1)
- > Cartoon: State of education
- > Cartoon: The modern education system
- > Cartoon: Parental choice in education
- > Cartoon: Discipline in school
- > Cartoon: The lesson
- > Cartoon: Where is everybody?
- > Cartoon: Action Gatsas
- > Cartoon: School vouchers
- > Cartoon: Status of city schools
If you've ever wondered just how out of touch university faculty can get, look no further than the behavior of the University of New Hampshire's faculty union during its recent contract talks.
The school board would not be micro-managing if it ordered a review and a report on the status of disciplinary codes and procedures in the schools.
Ordered to cut $25 million, Gov. Lynch has left two huge portions of state government -- the university and community college systems -- largely untouched.
More Opinion >>>
- > School turmoil: Manchester's discipline (9)
- > Fergus Cullen: NH grads find purpose in teaching (1)
- > Jonah Goldberg: Why teacher tenure must go (23)
- > Obama's lesson: The President gets schooled (11)
- > Civics and Souter: Ambitious goal for schools (4)
- > Studying economics: A state review is needed (8)
- > Heartbreak hotel: 40 years on, UNH learns (13)
- > Matt Southerton: Local charter schools are helping their communities (6)
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