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Judge rules transgender girl can try out for soccer team
08-19-2024 5:12 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS andSRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Just hours after a court hearing in Concord, 15-year-old Parker Tirrell, a transgender girl, was on her way to lace up her soccer cleats and join her teammates for girls’ soccer tryouts at Plymouth Regional High School on Monday night.A federal judge...


‘It was always for the kids’ – Tom Burke, legendary Merrimack Valley sports coach, dies at 73
08-19-2024 3:51 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Cali Rollins showed up to her first Merrimack Valley Middle School softball practice in 2023, she had little idea of the legacy that preceded her. But when her mother, Morgan Mahon, emailed her daughter’s new coach that spring, Tom Burke had...


Tentative deal on transgender girl’s soccer participation falls through; hearing in Concord Monday
08-18-2024 7:52 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN, JEREMY MARGOLIS and MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A tentative agreement brokered Friday to allow a transgender Plymouth girl to temporarily practice on the girls’ soccer team has fallen through, according to two people familiar with the situation.Instead, a determination on whether Parker Tirrell – a...


Opinion: Perspective for the Concord School Board
08-18-2024 3:00 PM

By GEORGE KELLY

George Kelly is a resident of East Concord, and a retired public school educator/ administrator. Methinks the Concord School Board ought to pile into a van, preferably an unmarked one, and take a drive across the river up “Gully Hill,” past the state...


Legal deal could allow Parker Tirrell and Iris Turmelle to play school sports starting Monday
08-17-2024 6:34 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Editor’s note: A tentative agreement brokered Friday to allow a transgender Plymouth girl to temporarily practice on the girls’ soccer team has fallen through, according to two people familiar with the situation. Read an updated story here.Parker...


‘It hit us very hard’: Transgender girls sue the state after being told they can’t play on female sports teams
08-16-2024 5:20 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN and MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Parker Tirrell lives and breathes soccer. Iris Turmelle was looking forward to giving tennis and track a shot.Last week, both teenagers were informed by their schools that a new law passed by the legislature means they wouldn’t be allowed to play on...


Inside the charter school boom: Two new schools open in the Concord area
08-16-2024 4:39 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

At the age of 16, as the pandemic began, Charity McRae dropped out of Concord High School.“I don’t learn like most traditional kids, so sitting in a classroom with 40 kids wasn’t really the best for me,” McRae said.Over the ensuing four years, she got...


Concerns are high as Pembroke schools enter new year down at least a dozen employees
08-15-2024 4:37 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The summer break has done little to quell the exodus of Pembroke schools employees from the district following last spring’s controversial school budget cut.Five more employees have resigned since the start of the summer, with some citing the...


‘My child has lost some of her human rights’: Tough choices as New Hampshire enacts laws affecting transgender youth
08-14-2024 7:56 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Iris Turmelle leaned back in the car’s rear seat, letting the warmth of the July sun bathe her face as she headed to a sleepover at her friend’s house. But a text message from her mother, shattered that Friday afternoon, overwhelming her with anger...


State Board of Education approves controversial revisions to minimum educational standards
08-14-2024 5:02 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The New Hampshire Board of Education voted Wednesday to approve new minimum educational standards that some believe could reshape K-12 education in the state.Opponents of the revisions to the so-called 306 Rules have argued that they will diminish...


Opinion: Insight on the middle school decision
08-13-2024 6:00 AM

By PAMELA WALSH

Pamela Walsh is President / Member-At-Large, Concord School Board. I didn’t run for school board because I wanted to build a new middle school. Then and now, I wanted to focus on helping students recover from COVID, improving academics, and carefully...


A new parental notification law is coming this fall. A teacher’s experience navigating the previous one may foreshadow what’s to come.
08-01-2024 5:04 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Last fall, high school teacher Penny Culliton received a notice from the New Hampshire Department of Education that appeared to expand the scope of a parental notification law passed in 2017. The department’s initial advisory to schools had said that...


UNH drops charges against seven of 12 people arrested during May 1 pro-Palestine protest
07-31-2024 10:14 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A University of New Hampshire prosecutor this week dropped criminal charges against seven of the people arrested during a May 1 pro-Palestine protest after they accepted plea agreements.The seven cases were dismissed nearly three months after UNH...


Goodbye sibling discount: Colleges grapple with tuition spikes for some families following FAFSA formula change
07-27-2024 11:18 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Last month, Kim DeRego, the vice president of enrollment at the University of New Hampshire, received a call from the mother of two UNH students. Her fall tuition bill, the mother told DeRego, was slated to go up $20,000.The staggering jump was due to...


State appeals federal court order striking down ‘divisive concepts’ law
07-26-2024 1:56 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The New Hampshire Department of Education is appealing a federal court ruling striking down the state’s controversial “divisive concepts” law, reopening a court case about whether the state can regulate how educators discuss race, gender, and other...


Pilot program will incentivize school districts to buy from New Hampshire farms
07-22-2024 9:02 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Cafeterias in 10 New Hampshire school districts are set to receive an influx of local food in coming years, following the creation earlier this month of a statewide reimbursement program.The program, signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu, will...


Gov. Sununu signs into law trans sports ban and prohibition on gender surgeries for minors
07-19-2024 6:48 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Governor Chris Sununu on Friday banned transgender girls in New Hampshire from competing on school-sponsored girls’ sports teams in the state starting in fifth grade.The law – which makes New Hampshire the 26th state to implement transgender sports...


Community college tuition frozen for sixth consecutive year
07-18-2024 4:32 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Tuition at New Hampshire’s seven community colleges will not increase this coming school year, the Community College System of New Hampshire announced Thursday.Since 2018, a full community college course load has cost $6,450 per year or $215 per...


ACLU calls on UNH and Dartmouth to drop charges against pro-Palestine protesters
07-17-2024 4:24 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The ACLU of New Hampshire on Wednesday called on the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College to drop trespassing and disorderly conduct charges against pro-Palestine protesters arrested on May 1.In a letter to the presidents of the two...


Concord school board places $152 million cap on middle school project, moves forward to design phase
07-16-2024 3:55 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Despite expressing considerable discomfort with the potential price tag, Concord School Board members voted Monday to cap the controversial middle school building project at $152 million, paving the way for it to move forward to a four-month design...

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