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By GARY GORSKI

The high cost of operating our small elementary schools is driven by an imbalance between capacity and enrollment. We’ve voted on cutting capacity by closing schools, and voters have made clear that’s not where they want to go.  It’s time to focus on...

By BETHANY CRAIG

Where do we go from here? We go back to the drawing board, but honor the original Articles of Agreement.Instead of repeatedly attempting to change the rules, we work within those rules to find solutions and make a reconfiguration plan. The Articles of...

By TOM BURGESS

On March 12, the residents of the nine ConVal towns went to the polls to vote on the proposed school budget and 11 other articles related to the operation of the school system. The voters approved 11 of the 12 articles. Let's focus on three articles...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

More than 1,600 ConVal parents, students, alumni and community members had signed a change.org petition by Monday afternoon, protesting the non-renewal of ConVal Athletic Director Kevin Proctor’s contract at the end of the school year.Proctor, who has...

The ConVal softball team only has five returning players this season, so head coach Amanda Hinton stated that hard work and dedication to learning new positions will be a main focus.Hinton stated that junior Avery Moore will be commanding the field...

A former bus driver for the company that serves the ConVal School District, along with his wife, who were arrested March 20 for allegedly producing child sexual abuse material were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday.According to a statement...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

To prepare for the upcoming feasibility study into Dublin’s withdrawal from the ConVal School District, members of the Dublin Education Advisory Committee (DEAC) will contact surrounding school districts and local private and charter schools to gather...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

 After earning a third-place finish at the FIRST Robotics New England District Pine Tree Event March 15-17 in Lewiston, Maine, the high school division of Peterborough-based 4-H FIRST Robotics Team Inconceivable is headed to the University of New...

In a recent letter to the editor (“ConVal board members should resign”), a writer harshly criticized the ConVal School Board for its attempts to control costs (and our taxes) by diligently investigating an option to consolidate schools. I disagree...

By BILL FONDA

One of the two Keene residents charged in connection with the alleged production of child sexual abuse material was a bus driver for the transportation company that serves the ConVal School District.According to a statement from U.S. Attorney Jane E....

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Patrick R. Cogan, music director at Great Brook School, said that after COVID, the ConVal district’s music teachers came together to try to figure out how to rebuild the music program.“When COVID happened, the music departments were completely shut...

By ETHAN DeWITT

The New Hampshire Supreme Court granted a stay over a school funding lawsuit decision Wednesday, hitting pause on a sweeping order that would force the state to double its spending on public schools. Without comment, all five justices concurred with...

By JESSECA TIMMONSand CAMERON CASHMAN

An article that that could have resulted in Francestown Elementary School, Dublin Consolidated School, Pierce School in Bennington and Temple Elementary School closing failed at the ballot box Tuesday, receiving only 45.47% of the vote, when...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

The gym at Great Brook School was transformed into a buzzing, whirring miniature airfield Saturday as 19 teams from Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts competed in New Hampshire’s First Aerial Drones Competition.   The competition was...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

ConVal High School senior Andrea Mattson signed a letter of intent to Keene State College on Friday.Mattson, a member of the ConVal swim team and the Keene YMCA Dolphins (KYD), said she began swimming competitively when she was 9, after a swim...

ConVal Regional High meets Nashua High South in the first round of “Granite State Challenge” Thursday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. on NHPBS.Playing for ConVal are team captain and senior Laura Phillips, seniors Charlie Savage and Frank LeBlanc and...

By CAMERON CASHMAN

An issue that has arisen prior to Tuesday’s vote on an article that could lead to Francestown Elementary School, Dublin Consolidated School, Pierce School in Bennington and Temple Elementary School closing is what may happen to any empty...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

What does the March 12 vote decide? The ConVal School Board has put forth a warrant article proposing an amendment to the 1967 ConVal Articles of Agreement. The article proposes that the wording of the Articles of Agreement change from...

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Dick Dunning grew up Dublin, attended school in Dublin and Peterborough and was a teacher and then the longtime principal at South Meadow School in Peterborough. In total, he has spent 54 years in the ConVal School district.Dunning spoke to the...

By BILL FONDA

If reconfiguration results in the ConVal School District closing any of its schools – the current recommendation is for Francestown Elementary School, Dublin Consolidated School, Pierce School in Bennington and Temple Elementary School to close –...