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Different Advice for the Beginning of a School Year
Now that we’ve been in school for several weeks, parents have already heard the usual advice for supporting kids in the new school year, suggestions like make sure kids get plenty of sleep and good nutrition, set a regular time for reading and homework, get to know your child’s teacher, etc., etc. All great suggestions,…
COVID-19 Community Update #3 – March 16, 2020
Pittsfield Families, Today, our school staff worked to make the shift to remote learning. As you can imagine, this is quite a change from our usual way of designing learning experiences for our students. Below you’ll find a status report on this important work. Remote Instruction Plan. Teachers worked today and will be working tomorrow…
Teens and Sleep
Olympic gold medalist and former professional boxing champion George Foreman is credited as saying “I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at four in the afternoon, I’d be a college graduate today.” It’s likely that Mr. Foreman was thinking about middle school or high school when he hoped for a…
School Funding Hearing
On Monday, March 18, the New Hampshire House Finance Committee conducted a hearing on the governor’s proposed budget for the next biennium. The hearing was held in Representatives Hall in our State Capitol, and many individuals provided testimony to encourage the Finance Committee to support a variety of initiatives. Unfortunately, the governor’s proposed budget does…
Pittsfield School District Voter’s Guide
The 2018 School District Meeting Session 2 for ballot voting will be Tuesday, March 13, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Town Hall, located on Main Street in Pittsfield. The Pittsfield School District is providing this Voter’s Guide to District residents to support your understanding of this year’s ballot voting decision. This document…
School Funding Workshop – 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 13, PMHS
Reminder to Pittsfield taxpayers that the school district will be hosting a workshop on New Hampshire’s school funding system at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13, at PMHS. All are invited. The workshop will be presented by Attorney Andru Volinsky, a current Executive Council member and former lead attorney in the most recent challenges to…