BY JENN McDOWELLThe Weare School District is looking for a host family for a Chinese teacher who will be teaching the language and culture at John Stark Regional High School in the coming school year. “We’re having a really hard time,” said School Administrative Unit 24 Superintendent Christine Tyrie. “We have made a ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAbout 20 Weare parents and teachers met at the middle school recently to get up to speed on the impact the default budget will have on programs and staff in the district, and to brainstorm ideas for getting the word out on the upcoming re-vote on a revised budget proposal. After voters said no to the $12.9 million 2008-09 budget ...

BY DAVE CHOATE Most of the year, Mark Kibler teaches physics and earth and space sciences at Weare Middle School. In late June of this year, he had the chance to add another title to his resume: astronaut-in-training. “It was fantastic. We were there for eight days and learned all the basics of astronaut training, from soup to ...