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Northwood NH News

January 19, 2011

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Afternoons or evenings…the choice is yours!  The Northwood/Nottingham Evening Book Discussion Group will meet at the Blaisdell Memorial Library in Nottingham on Wednesday, January 26, at 7:00 p.m. to discuss “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers. The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet at the Chesley Memorial Library on Thursday, February 3rd, to discuss “House of Abraham” by Stephen Berry.  New members are welcome in both groups.  Call the library at 942-5472 for more information.




Join the fun at the Chesley Memorial Library’s Lapsit and Story Time programs!  Lapsit Story Times are held on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. for children eighteen months through three years of age; Story Times are held on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. for children three through five years of age.

Registration required.  Call Lynne at 942-5472 for more information.


Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Alumni Association

Our next CBNA Alumni meeting will be held this Thursday, January 20 at 6:30 pm. The meetings are held in the guidance conference area in the main lobby at Coe-Brown. Any Alumni are welcome to join our meetings. It would be great to see new faces and get new ideas. Hope to see you there!


 

Northwood Teachers’ Response To Negotiations


The Negotiating process between the Northwood Teachers’ Association and the Northwood School Board had consisted of 5 meetings, three of which were for the purpose of exchanging proposals.  The last two meetings were  the times when the negotiating took place.  The Northwood School Board offered $1,000 per cell on the salary schedule for the first year, and 0 on the salary schedule for the second year.  They proposed an additional 15 minutes of instructional time, and an increase of 5% contribution to the health insurance premiums.  That proposal would have resulted in a monetary loss for all teachers.


The Northwood Teachers’ Association proposed a $7,000 increase to illustrate the fact that a Northwood teacher’s starting salary is $7,615 lower than a Coe-Brown teacher’s, and a Northwood teacher’s salary with 14 years experience and a Master’s Degree is $8,294 less than a Coe-Brown teacher’s salary. 


Coe-Brown teachers’ salaries increased by 2% in 2010-2011 and 5% in 2009-2010.  Northwood teachers salaries’ were frozen in 2010-2011 and 2009-2010.  Northwood School and Coe-Brown Northwood Academy are both taxpayer-funded schools. 

 
The starting salary for Northwood teachers is ranked 144 out of 160 school districts in New Hampshire.  Coe-Brown is  ranked 28.  Strafford School is ranked 49, and Nottingham School is ranked 122.  This information is contained on the New Hampshire Department of Education website.


The Mediation on January 5, 2011 failed because the Northwood School Board’s final proposal would have reduced the take home pay for 16% of the teaching staff.


Northwood Teachers make Northwood School a great public school!  Northwood School won the Edie’s Excellence in Education Award for the best K-8 school in New Hampshire in 2009.  We have been a Blue Ribbon School, an award from the US Department Of Education, for several years because of the countless hours dedicated to our school by volunteers. 


Teachers participate in seventeen committees devoting hours outside the classroom to benefit our students and to move the school forward.  Teachers actively support after school activities by facilitating clubs and coaching sports. 


The Northwood Teachers’ Association NEA-NH provide charitable contributions such as turkeys or gift cards to the Northwood Food Pantry as well as gift cards to the Northwood Fire Department’s “Santa’ Helpers” program.  We give a yearly scholarship to a senior graduating from Coe-Brown and a savings bond to a graduating 8th grade student.  Each year, teachers spend thousands of their own money to supply their classrooms and ensure that no student who attends school is hungry or lacks needed school supplies.


The Northwood Teachers wanted to express their point of view, and we hope, as a community, that you will support your teachers and urge the Northwood School Board to give a fair proposal to the teachers of Northwood School.  Thank you.

 



The Northwood Teachers’ Association

Help For Those Facing Foreclosure
Submitted By Harriet Cady, Deerfield


I read about this program in Keene and called NH Banking Department.  I was told their website has a listing for programs once a month in Concord and two Tuesdays a month in Manchester to give help to those facing foreclosure, put on through the NH Banking Dept.  I hope by putting this information in locally it will help the people who have asked me where to go.


Making Home Affordable program, the NH Mediation program, short sales, and other options are topics that will be discussed.  Speakers will also discuss the foreclosure timeline, mortgage rescue scams, and deficiency judgments.


The seminar is free but reservations are required.  Please call the Department at 271-3561 for more information or go to http://homehelpnh.org/ .  Hope this helps.
 



Northwood Recreation Update


On Saturday, February 5th, the Northwood Recreation will hold its 4th Annual Ice Fishing Derby.  The Derby will be held on Harvey Lake from 8:00 am to noon.  Children do not need a fishing license.  Adults are welcome to fish, but must be licensed to fish in the State of New Hampshire.  Prizes will be given to children 16 and under in a categories including shortest fish and longest fish.  Please bring your ice fishing gear.


If you are not an avid ice fisherman, the Recreation Department will be providing some tip-ups and bait for those who would like to try something new.  This is a FREE event. There will also be some concessions (hot dogs, hot beverages, and juice) for sale. Parking is available at the Northwood Congregational Church.


Registration in advance is requested, but not required.  The event will be held rain or shine, safe ice permitting. Contact the Northwood Recreation Department at 942-5586 x209 or by e-mail at [email protected] for additional information.

 


 

Coe-Brown Energy Conservation Project


Coe-Brown Northwood Academy has recently embarked on a project that will help to reduce its energy costs and increase energy use efficiency throughout its campus. Using a Public Service Company of NH Small Business Energy Solutions grant of $7600 to pay half of the retrofit cost, Coe-Brown has replaced lights in the Gerrish Gym, the Smith Hall Gym and the Smith Hall lobby with high energy efficient fluorescent fixtures.  The predicted energy savings is 35,000 kilowatt hours per year with a predicted savings of $4000, and a two year payback for CBNA’s investment. 


The work was done by PSNH subcontractor Lighting Retrofit Services of Wilmington MA, who also coordinated the project.  Not only does this project result in substantial energy savings, but has also resulted in substantial improvement of lighting brightness in all areas. 


This is the second time that CBNA has taken advantage of a PSNH grant to improve energy use.  Eight years ago the school used a PSNH grant to update fluorescent lighting in all classrooms and public areas in the five Academy classroom buildings, which has resulted in significant energy savings through the years.  The PSNH Small Business Energy Solutions Program is available to business and municipal customers with demand of fewer than 100 KW. 


Projects are funded through the Systems Benefit Charge, which is a small fee on each customer’s electric bill.  The program pays up to 50% of installed projects’ costs, as long as each project passes a benefit/cost test. Because of these opportunities, CBNA looks forward to a lighter, brighter more energy efficient future.

 


 

Letter To The Editor


 “In too many American schools, current laws, policies, and practices put adult interests ahead of students. The result is an increasingly broken system.....”.  And. “We must re-dedicate our collective attention to putting in place state and district level policies that put students at the center of every decision we make in education.”


I found both those statements on the www.studentsfirst.org website. I beg each and every parent out there to visit this website. I have three children who have gone through Northwood School. Many of you have heard me say that Northwood School should be the poster child for the fact that money, or lack thereof, is not the problem with education. We spend more per student than either Strafford or Nottingham and produce an inferior product.


More to the point, “We” are not preparing our kids adequately for Coe-Brown. I believe and hope that the incredibly powerful destructive force of teachers unions is at its apex and that power, that I want, I want, I want and I want someone else to pay for it, is over. To all of you Northwood School teachers, many that I know personally, your incredible grab for undeserved greed should be rewarded with nothing!  That will be my vote.


Tim Jandebeur

 


 

Time To Sign Up For Elected Positions


If you have an interest to serve the Town of Northwood or the Northwood School District as an elected official on any of the many boards and committees, it is time to sign up for the March election.  Any legal resident of the town may sign up to be on the town/school ballot.  The position of police commissioner does require a person to have residency in the town for the three years immediately preceding the date of the election.

 
Although personal knowledge and/or experience may benefit any position, there are no requirements for any particular position other than a willingness to serve. The filing period for town and school elected positions for the Town of Northwood will run from Wednesday, January 19, 2011 to Friday, January 28, 2011 until 5:00 PM.


Filings for town positions may be made with Town Clerk/Tax Collector Judy Pease during normal business hours, and for the school positions with School Clerk Penny Hampl (call 234-8609 for an appointment). A list of open positions is available on the town website: www.northwoodnh.org and is posted at town hall. 

 


 


 

 











 
 

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