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• Several new teacher positions on Pelham warrant

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A slew of new teaching positions is up before residents at the Pelham School District’s Feb. 4 deliberative session at 7 p.m. at Pelham Elementary School. The district is asking residents to approve a new assistant principal position Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 7:20 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, teachers, school district, warrants

• 5-minute adjustment for start and end time at Pelham Elementary school

  BY JENN McDOWELL The official start time for Pelham Elementary is going to be moved up by five minutes this fall to allow for better supervision of students coming into the school prior to the opening bell. The first bell rings at 8:50 a.m. right now, Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:45 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, teachers, pelham elementary school

• Teacher contract passes

  BY DARRELL HALEN When the results were announced, a group of teachers clapped and cheered. A three-year teacher’s contract was approved by Pelham voters 396-331 during a special vote on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Pelham Memorial School. “It was Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:22 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Pelham, teachers, voting, budget

• Pelham teacher contract in voters’ hands

  BY DARRELL HALEN It will be a day of relief – or disappointment – for Pelham’s teachers. On Tuesday, Oct. 23, voters will approve or reject a three-year contract between the school district and the Pelham Education Association. “In Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:43 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, Merrimack Valley, teachers, contract

• T-shirts and tactics – Memorial School staff motivates kids toward higher test scores

  BY DARRELL HALEN As Pelham Memorial School students filed into school, the theme song from the movie “Rocky” sounded over the building’s public address system. Their teachers wore brand-new lime green T-shirts with the words “striving Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 3:59 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, Schools, students, teachers

• Voters to weigh in on teacher contract – Deliberative session is Sept. 25

  BY DARRELL HALEN Pelham voters will soon have their chance to speak on a revised three-year teacher contract. A deliberative session will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at Pelham Elementary School. Voters will debate and discuss a special school Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 6:20 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, Schools, teachers, voting

• Thumbs down – Budget Committee won’t recommend teacher contract

  BY DARRELL HALEN For the second time in a year, a proposed teacher contract will go before Pelham voters without the blessing of the town’s Budget Committee. During its Thursday, Aug. 30, meeting, the panel voted 7-3 to not recommend the contract Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 4:09 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, teachers, voting, budget

• Special election – Voters to decide fate of revised Pelham teachers’ contract

  BY DARRELL HALEN Pelham voters will go to the polls in October to approve or reject a revised teachers’ contract. A Superior Court judge granted permission to the Pelham School District to hold a special election on Tuesday, Oct. 23. “All Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:15 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, Schools, teachers, court, voting

• Teachers contract back on drawing board

  BY DARRELL HALEN Because Pelham voters rejected a new teachers’ contract earlier this month, representatives of the teachers union and the school board will need to work out a new agreement. That new agreement could go before voters at a special Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:47 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, Schools, teachers