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Northwood NH News

March 2, 2011

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Please check the Town of Northwood website: www.northwoodnh.org for the most up to date information on the proposed town and school budgets recommended by the Northwood Budget Committee.

 


 

Northwood’s World Day of Prayer 2011


This year’s service will be held on March 4 at 1 p.m. at the Northwood Advent Christian Church, Route 107/113 School Street.  This event is being sponsored by the Women’s Mission Group. (The snow date is Friday, March 11, at 1 p.m. at the same place.)


Women, men and children in more than 170 countries and regions will celebrate World Day of Prayer, Friday, March 4, 2011 The women of Chile have written the service around the theme How many loaves have you?  They ask us to enter a process that draws us into the Bible, into the context of Chile and into the real situations of our lives and communities.  Together, we are asked to respond to what we have and how we can share it with others.  In this past year, Chile has been challenged by a devastating earthquake and the collapse of a mine in which many miners were trapped.  Again we are reminded to share our bread and to receive the bread that is shared with us.  On March 4, 2011, let us reach out our hands and hearts to touch the lives of sisters and brothers in Chile and around the world.

 


 

Who Was Aldo Leopold?


Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) is considered the father of wildlife ecology. He was a renowned scientist and scholar, exceptional teacher, philosopher, and gifted writer. It is for his book, A Sand County Almanac, that Leopold is best known by millions of people around the globe. The Almanac, often acclaimed as the century’s literary landmark in conservation, melds exceptional poetic prose with keen observations of the natural world. The Almanac reflects an evolution of a lifetime of love, observation, and thought. It led to a philosophy that has guided many to discovering what it means to live in harmony with the land and with one another.


On April 1,2 NALMC, Bear-Paw and Friends of NMSP will sponsor a Leopold Weekend in Northwood. Details to follow.

 


 

Letter


Dear Northwood Voters:
The School Board and Teacher’s Association have spoken out regarding the Budget Committee’s approved budget, but I believe it’s time to hear a different viewpoint.


A few facts: The School Board proposed a budget of $12,749,661 for 2011-2012, which was an increase of $401,769 over the budget approved at last year’s meeting for 2010-2011. Unfortunately, the figure they used, $12,347,892, included the total of three warrant articles approved at that meeting. This amount, $175,172,076, had to be removed to arrive at a true Operating Budget figure for 2010-2011 of $12,172,076.


As many of you know, I’m a Budget Committee member, but I’m speaking only for myself, not for the committee. Others can speak if they choose. The School Board provided 90% of our information two weeks prior to our public meeting, for which I thank them, as I had sufficient time to review the information. I listened to members of the public ask questions, and I listened to their comments. No one spoke in favor of the proposed budget, but instead spoke of not being able to afford any increase in their taxes. Several told of being on fixed incomes with no increase in sight, so where would the additional tax money come from?


I seconded the motion to LEVEL FUND the school budget. This means giving them the same amount this year as we approved last year. The motion passed. We later discovered the $175,816 error and corrected the final figure. We did not CUT the budget as has been reported, we just did not approve the large increase over last year that was requested.


We’ve all had to make do with the same or less money, why shouldn’t the school? Most towns in NH have cut budgets, we proposed LEVEL FUNDED. No more , no less.


Ginger Dole

 


 

Letter To The Editor


The Northwood School Board is pulling out all stops to get their pork barrel budget passed. I hear that flyers, letters, and phone calls are all in the mix added to the children sent home with stories of huge teacher layoffs. Poppycock! And the NEA along with the Northwood Teachers Association has something going out too. Your money, my money and even their union dues all going out so that you will be scared into continuing to support our Northwood tradition of accepting and rewarding a very poor performance, one below our means and our abilities.


Of 5 schools, Northwood, Strafford, Nottingham, Deerfield and Candia we are dead last in proficiency in all tested subjects. Strafford is first every time but spends $2400.00 less per student.


Tell the school no and vote for the budget committee’s budget.  Tell the teachers no, put up or shut up.  We need to figure out why our kids are getting a second rate education even though we are paying for a top dollar one.  Saying no will make them turn over every stone and figure out what is going wrong. I’d like to be part of that search.


Tim Jandebeur,
School Board candidate

 


 

Letter To The Editor


The Republican wave that took over the State House was supposed to focus like a laser beam on jobs. Does Republican Rep. Dan McGuire know better than the rest of us what is good for NH’s economy?  He introduced HB 218, which would repeal the NH Rail Transit Authority. This authority is currently studying, at no expense to NH taxpayers, the idea of bringing rail service to central NH.


Mr. McGuire wants to pull the plug on this process, claiming that he knows that rail transit is all costs and few benefits. He throws numbers around, - but he hasn’t done, and hasn’t yet seen an analysis of all of the costs, and all of the benefits of rail, - including potentially significant economic development for the State.


Why is he in such a rush, and also, why did the Transportation Committee appear to be in such a rush last week, when it voted the bill out of the Committee with a somewhat suspect maneuver involving House Speaker Bill O’Brien?


http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/241122/rail-chair-speaker-stacked-committee

 

Perhaps Rep. McGuire can explain this to his constituents, and to the rest of  NH residents. If this ever happened at the local level, there would likely be hell to pay.


The rush to judgment, and short-term thinking of Rep. McGuire and some other Republicans should concern all of us.


Victoria Parmele
Northwood

 


 

Letter to the Editor


Teachers today have their hands full in the classroom.  There has been a marked increase in the number of students coming into our school system with special needs – learning, social, emotional, or all of these combined. Added to this, is the pressure we put on our teachers to move through a given curriculum with students – regardless of whether the students, themselves are ready for the information – regardless of whether these students and teachers are supported by parents at home - regardless of whether the teachers are browbeaten by members of the community who do not understand the mandates the school must meet and the effort it takes to meet them for all students. If the NECAP scores do not meet adequacy, the teachers are held solely responsible. 


I believe that allowing a significant cut in the school’s budget is going to make the best teachers feel more pressure and less valued –reducing their effectiveness.  Slashing the budget isn’t going to “hurt” the underperforming teachers.  Without question, it will hurt the students in the classroom – and the students are the ones with no voice in this conversation.


I urge all Northwood residents to come to the School District Meeting on March 5 at 9am.  Make your voice heard loudly; others’ will certainly be.  I also urge this conversation to be respectful and avoid the drama and profanity of last year’s meeting. I also urge everyone to vote on Tuesday, March 8.  There are several candidates for School Board who could negatively change the course of our school for years to come. Please research the candidates and vote.  A member of the School Board should be able to consider all aspects of an issue, rather than the bottom line dollar amount only.

 
Nikki Roy
Northwood

 


 


 

 











 
 

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