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 LAUREN SAUSSERHooksett may not need a high school right now, but – just in case – the School Board already has its sights set on a spot. An 80-acre parcel off Route 3 just south of Head’s Pond has been offered by Manchester Sand and Gravel as a site for a potential school. The area has been deemed ideal because state law ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERThe Hooksett School Board does not know if the town needs a high school. But they are ready to find out. A newly formed committee – which has not yet held its first meeting – includes elected officials and community members. The Hooksett High School Committee is charged with considering whether a new high school is a ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY As a child, Jonny Yocum asked his grandfather a delicate question. “Grandpa,” he said. “Can I call you dad?” Bruce Yocum paused, understanding the difficulty of the situation before answering. “I wouldn’t let him,” he said. “I told him, Jon, you’re like a son to ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Windham’s Board of Selectmen is planning a special election in September to obtain funding for a secondary access road for the new high school currently under construction. The new road would overlap the current London Bridge Road, connecting the entrance to the high school on Route 111 to Castle Hill Road behind ...

BY JENN McDOWELLThe Hooksett School Board is looking for members of the community to sit on a newly established committee devoted to studying future high school plans for the school district. Superintendent Charles “Phil” Littlefield said two parents of Hooksett students and two community members at large are needed to fill four seats ...

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 JENN McDOWELL While the state standards for measuring adequacy among New Hampshire students were raised this year, the elementary and middle schools in Salem, Pelham and Windham did generally well overall, according to the results from the New England Common Assessment Program test scores. Both Salem and Pelham high schools, ...

BY DARRELL HALENThe false moustache, beard and bushy sideburns that he glued to his face helped Ben Carignan, a John Stark Regional High School student, transform his appearance to that of Crutch Collins, a man living in Gray, Ind., in 1892. Carignan, 17, and other members of his school’s drama club, brought their production of the play ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY The words of four Hopkinton High School students will soon be heard across the airwaves of New Hampshire radio stations, cautioning youths of the dangers of underage drinking. New Hampshire’s beer distributors sponsored the public service announcements, which had the students act out common scenarios high school ...