BY STEPHEN BEALEIt could cost as much as $2.7 million over several years to fix the aging McKelvie Intermediate School, experts have told the School Board. In an exhaustive report that counts nearly 70 improvements that are needed to the site and school building, the authors conclude the work can be done in four phases, appending a list of $1.4 ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Harold Martin School teachers, students and faculty admittedly like to celebrate, and they recently had 50 reasons. To kick off the Hopkinton school’s 50th anniversary, school officials held festivities on Monday, Sept. 15, giving students a chance to meet some special guests. Among them were former ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAs the school year opens, the school administrative unit governing Weare schools has a new team in charge. Doug White, the former assistant superintendent, has moved up to the superintendent position after former superintendent Christine Tyrie left the district for a new job with the Blackstone- Melville Regional school district ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERAs more than 650 new freshmen moved into Southern New Hampshire University’s dormitories on Sunday, Aug. 31, the Hooksett campus was still in the throes of preparing itself to accommodate students for the academic year. According to Scott Kalicki, vice president of student affairs for the university, this school year will ...

BY TOBY HENRYAn important local milestone was reached on Aug. 27 when the first public kindergarten in town history debuted before a crowd of enthusiastic children and parents. “Auburn has waited so long, and I think it’s just a wonderful thing to finally have kindergarten here,” said local mother Heather Graves, whose ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe school district is rewriting its writing curriculum. The new program will be matched by an initiative to focus teachers on their writing instruction. While students have been off for the summer, administrators and teachers have been busy outlining their plan. “There’s a lot we’ve done in terms of writing in ...

BY TOBY HENRYAuburn school officials report good progress on the construction of a new kindergarten area while plans to address building a new school facility are on hold. School Board Chairman Elaine Hobbs said that, in all likelihood, the lack of space at the town’s only public school will still persist this year as staff tries to find a ...

BY JENN McDOWELL A Pelham Elementary School aid accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the school’s “sunshine fund” waived her arraignment in Salem District Court, which was scheduled for Monday, July 14, at 8 a.m. Lisa Harris, 50, of 50 Windham Road in Pelham, turned herself in to police after a warrant was ...

BY PATRICK O’NEILLWhen Kaitlyn Stone was looking for something to do this summer, spending a week in Mexico at a pet clinic was probably the last thing to cross her mind. But after helping spay and neuter almost 200 pets and learning about issues of animal treatment and euthanasia, she now wouldn’t trade the experience for anything ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEBedford schools will be safer and parents will be more informed about security, starting this fall. Over the summer, the district will install a perimeter security system in its three elementary schools and intermediate school at a cost of $100,000. A similar system is already in place at the new middle and high schools. It also is ...