Dan Habib on parenting - and advocating - for people with disabilities in Concord
Published: 7/30/2021 5:03:24 PM
On Capitol Close Up on WKXL, former Concord Congressman Paul Hodes interviewed Dan Habib, the creator of award-winning documentary films on disabilities that have been nominated for multiple Emmy awards, translated into 17 languages, and used worldwide to support disability rights. Dan s son Samuel has a serious disability and lives in a wheelchair. So what has it been like parenting a child with a disability in Concord?
“Concord has actually done a really nice job with inclusion,” Habib says. “But you always have to push ahead; there’s always more work to do.”
After up and down year, schools plan to reopen with few restrictions and an eye on youngest students >Abbot-Downing School students rush out of class during ealry release on Monday morning at 11:30 a.m. on June 7, 2021. GEOFF FORESTER
Published: 7/7/2021 5:02:14 PM
The Concord School District is preparing to return with full in-person learning in September, with relaxed mask rules and a team of new staff members to address learning gaps amassed during the pandemic year.
The fall reopening plan, presented to the Concord School Board by interim Superintendent Kathleen Murphy Tuesday night, was developed based on COVID-19 transmission numbers for Concord and Merrimack County that are currently available, and also on survey responses from staff members, students and parents, the majority of whom indicated a preference for in-person learning.
Concord’s school budget proposed to increase by $2.7 million
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Published: 2/24/2021 4:24:18 PM
The Concord School District has proposed a $90 million budget for 2021-2022, following a year of unexpected changes and new costs in technology and maintenance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The proposed operating budget is $90,439,332, a 3% increase over the 2020-2021 budget of $87,702,296. If approved as is, the operating budget would increase taxes by about $70 a year on a home worth $250,000, according to Business Administrator Jack Dunn, who gave the Concord School Board an initial overview of the proposed budget earlier this month.
“We took a conservative approach on it, given the environment right now, given the climate, given the concerns in the city,” interim Superintendent Kathleen Murphy told the board. “We felt that would be the best route for us to go. But I think there’s still some room in this budget to look at it a littl