BY MATT SCHOOLEYMany high school principals in the area are open to New Hampshire Education Commissioner Lyonel Tracy’s potential plan that would allow qualified students to graduate following their sophomore year of classes. Tracy has been considering the idea, which would require students to take specified curriculum and pass a thorough ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYWith this year’s enrollment numbers in, Bedford officials are beginning preparations for their first year with four grades of high school students. As of Sept. 2, the high school has 941 students, and Superintendent of Schools Tim Mayes said the district is projecting 1,261 students for the next school year. Mayes also said ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAfter months of toiling over the Manchester school budget, it’s almost time for the Board of Aldermen to settle on an amount. The Board of Aldermen had to make a decision on the city budget, which includes the mayor’s proposal for a $140 million school district budget for 2008- 09, by Tuesday, June 10. As of June 3, ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Bedford School District has signed a purchase-and-sale agreement for land that would be used for an emergency access road to Lurgio Middle School and Bedford High School, pending voter approval. Chalant Development Corp. agreed to sell the land to the district for $275,000, much steeper than the $87,000 value the land was last ...

Photos from the FIRST robotics competition at West High on 10/27/07. Click HERE to view and purchase more photos from the event. 

BY KEVIN SHALVEYWhen the Manchester West Theatre Knights were leaving the New Hampshire State Drama Festival at Salem High School, their director saw something that hadn’t happened before. “When our kids were leaving the building, they were walking out single file and everyone around them turned and gave them an ovation,” said ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYVoters came through for the Bedford School Board as all 10 warrant articles passed on Election Day, March 13. For the new Bedford High School and middle school, voters approved bonding $2.7 million for first-year furniture costs, an initial library collection and athletic grandstands. Also approved was the district’s ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYStudents at Bedford High School can take up to eight courses a semester, with alternating four class days and 85- minute block scheduling. The school board unanimously approved a basic schedule for Bedford High School Monday, Feb. 5. School start and end times are still being determined, but the school day will last 7 hours, 20 ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYMost students would shrug off the idea of going to school on weekend mornings, but the members of the Manchester West High School FIRST robotics team look foward to drilling holes in pipes, shortening metal brackets and cutting wood. Building a robot has to start somewhere, and about 10 students at Manchester High School West ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYWith the opening of two new schools and the restructuring of the existing schools, Bedford’s school district will look very different if all the 2007-08 warrants are approved by voters. The restructuring of schools will ease overcrowding in the elementary schools, said Superintendent Tim Mayes. Currently, the average class ...