Manchester School District joins ConVal’s education funding lawsuit
A ConVal School District bus. (Benji Rosen/ Monadnock Ledger-Transcript) Benji Rosen
Published: 5/18/2021 3:13:57 PM
The Manchester School District will be joining the Con-Val School District and several other school districts across the state as co-plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the State of New Hampshire regarding education funding.
Filed in March 2019, the lawsuit claims that the state government does not meet its duty in the state constitution to provide an adequate education to all New Hampshire residents, echoing earlier lawsuits regarding educational funding such as the Claremont case.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled against the state’s request to dismiss the lawsuit, sending it back to Superior Court.
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The vote was 9-4 in favor, with Mayor Joyce Craig among those opposed.
âIn my view, it is unconscionable for the school board to give 5% and 2.1% increases to our highest-paid executives while we are facing a potential $9 million shortfall in the coming budget year, with the real possibility of program reduction, school closures and teacher layoffs,â board member Jim OâConnell said Wednesday of the Nov. 23 vote.
Copies of the contracts were not provided by the school district until Dec. 8.
Board of School Committee members extended the contracts and approved raises for Manchester Superintendent John Goldhardt, assistant superintendents Amy Allen and Jennifer Gillis and Chief Financial Officer Karen DeFrancis.