Dunbarton students will see longer school days beginning April 1. At the Wednesday, March 25, Dunbarton School Board meeting, officials decided to extend the school day by 30 minutes from April 1 to May 18, barring more snow days. According to SAU 19 Superintendent Stacy Buckley, the last day of school will be June 24. “Any individuals ...

BY PATRICK O’NEILLThe operating budget for next year and ice dams on the roof of the elementary school were the major points of discussion at the annual Dunbarton School District Meeting on Saturday, March 7. The board originally proposed a budget of $4,896,508 for the 2009-10 year, a 0 percent increase over last year’s budget. After ...

BY JENN McDOWELLThe state’s standards for measuring adequacy among New Hampshire school students were raised this year, and based on the results from the New England Common Assessment Program test scores students took in fall 2007, Goffstown schools did rather poorly while Dunbarton and New Boston showed continued improvement. The testing ...