City Hall
Dec. 30: School board to hold special meeting on construction needs for redistricting
A special meeting will be held to discuss options for construction at the city’s middle schools. READ MORE
Manchester School District
Education
New MEA proposals require more fine-tuning, next meeting set for Nov. 1
As the board’s negotiators were unprepared to discuss the proposals, the teams scheduled a subsequent meeting on November 1, 2019. READ MORE
City Hall
Voters Guide 2019: Board of School Committee At-Large
Board of School Committee At-Large (2 Seats) Vote for two candidates on your ward ballot. Joseph Lachance Joseph Lachance, 49, earned master’s degrees in business education and organizational management and works for Easter Seals as READ MORE
Education
Manchester Proud presentation set for Oct. 16 at NHIA
The meeting will be held at French Hall at the New Hampshire Institute of Art at 5:30 p.m. and is expected to end around 9 p.m. The public is invited. READ MORE
Education
Mayor requests school superintendent take over contract negotiations
Mayor Joyce Craig on Tuesday requested authorization by the board to allow Manchester School District Superintendent Dr. John Goldhardt to take over contract negotiations in an effort to reach an agreement with district bargaining units. READ MORE
Education
My conversation with Manchester Proud came down to one thing … Dream Big!
Imagine a Manchester that boasts SNHU, UNH, Saint Anselm, NH Art institute, MCC now having the premier set-up of high schools that the entire country can be envious of. READ MORE
Education
Schools to get new computers at good discount thanks to ‘super shopper’ strategy
In addition to the student devices, school principals will get updated computers, and many teachers will get a 14-inch Chromebook, he said, and two elementary schools will get 25 iPad Minis, half of a $22,900 order. READ MORE
Education
MSD, MEA agree to disagree for now
Negotiators for the Manchester Education Association and the Manchester School District met Thursday to discuss educator salary proposals for a new contract. No agreement was reached on a deal. READ MORE
Education
MEA, school board negotiators set new ground rules in advance of Aug. 21 contract session
In a joint statement, the parties announced that new ground rules governing the bargaining sessions were adopted and that a conceptual salary proposal from the MEA was discussed. READ MORE
Community
YMCA helps prevent academic ‘summer slide’ with Power Scholars Academy
Over the last three years, The Granite YMCA has worked in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester and the Manchester School District to deliver the Power Scholars Academy, a program to help mitigate summer learning loss, to inner-city students. READ MORE
