Manchester School Board and MEA negotiators say progress made
Declare the “air cleared” and the “tone changed” MANCHESTER, NH September 13, 2019- The...
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Author: Rich Girard
Manchester Proud: Off the record transparency isn’t transparency
Early this evening, there’s a meeting between Manchester Proud and the Manchester Board of School Committee. I have decided I will not attend. This meeting is being billed as a Manchester Proud “workshop”...
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School, Teacher Negotiators release details of salary proposals
Negotiators for the Manchester Board of School Committee and the Manchester Education Association...
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Girard announces decision on reelection bid
To my supporters, friends and the citizens of Manchester: It has been my deep honor and privilege...
Read MoreFacebook needs to be “deplatformed” and conservatives need to create and support alternative social media outlets
Let’s start here: If this link leads to nothing, you know I was censored and probably placed in Facebook Jail. If not, you can read it in its original, though I’ve added a screen shot and a disallowed...
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Bender Blasts Mayor Craig over S.A.F.E. app, says statements “categorically not true.”
Girard at Large has obtained the following email from Jim Bender, whose company, PING4, created...
Read MoreRead the unedited report from the fact-finder in the negotiations between the Manchester School Board and the Manchester Education Association
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE RSA 273-A:12 FACTFINDING PROCEEDING In the Matter of Factfinding for Agreement between: MANCHESTER SCHOOL BOARD, Employer -and- MANCHESTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION a/w...
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Qualified or Connected? Which is it, Mayor Craig?
Manchester at-Large Alderman Joe Kelly Levasseur published a post on Facebook decrying Mayor Joyce...
Read MoreAmerican Legion celebrates Centennial, makes big push for Boys State program
Below, please find the full press release and a bullet point summary of information received from the American Legion about this year’s Boys State Program, which will be held at St. Anselm College in Manchester. As...
Read MoreThis post contains the April 22, 2019 agenda for the Special Meeting of the Board of School Committee at which the Special Committee on Negotiations presented its negotiations efforts with the Manchester Education Association....
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