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DOVER The City Hall lawn was covered with members of the Dover Teachers Union Wednesday evening, their families and supporters of all ages wearing red and urging drivers to honk and cheer to back their cause. The demonstration came before the City Council held an open public hearing for residents to speak about the school budget for 2021-22. Nineteen people spoke during the session, most urging the City Council to consider passing the default school budget, despite it being more than $5 million over the city s tax cap. Nabia Fortier, a Woodman Park Elementary School parent, was one of many who turned out in support of the teachers union and passing a default budget that includes contractual raises for teachers, as well as advocating against cutting paraprofessional staff jobs. ....
DOVER James Verschueren woke up the morning of April 26 to find his Hate Has No Home Here yard sign knocked over. The sky blue sign sticks out in the yard, with the American flag in the shape of a heart and bold letters in English and other languages beneath it. ‘Maybe it was the wind,’ he thought, until tire tracks caught his eye – swerving from the road into his flower bed of daylilies, directly to the downed sign. The sign was one of 100 purchased by the Dover Democratic Committee (Verschueren is a committee co-chair). The incident led a disheartened Verschueren to pen a letter to the editor asking the question: Does hate have a home here? ....
DOVER – With the city s school district budget unresolved, City Manager Michael Joyal on Wednesday presented a $166 million-plus budget that is $5.1 million above the tax cap. However, the fiscal year 2022 budget process is far from over, he said, and more reductions to the school budget are expected. As presented, the proposed FY 2022 budget is a 5.7% increase over the current fiscal year s budget, including an 8.4% increase in school-related expenses and a 3.4% increase of all other non-school related costs. Even with the challenges created by the pandemic over the course of the past several months, the proposed budget results from a continuous and ongoing review of all municipal function and service priorities, Joyal said. ....
DOVER – Following Gov. Chris Sununu s executive order last week for schools to return to full-time in-person learning by April 19, the Dover School Board held a special meeting Monday night to discuss how the district will meet this new mandate. Vice Chair Keith Holt asked Superintendent William Harbron if the school district will be able to comply with the order in time. Harbron replied, noting that after meetings with other district leaders and the New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut, it is clear to him, We don t have a choice. This week, the district s elementary schools started their eighth week of full in-person learning, and Dover middle and high schools started their fifth week of being in a hybrid structure of remote and two-day in-person learning. The middle and high schools will fully move to five-day per week in-person learning on the mandated date of April 19. ....
Here s a closer look at plans and reaction from school districts across the greater Seacoast: Dover Schools return plan The Dover School District had been in a hybrid-model so far, with the number of in-person days varying by grade level and school, and a set target date to return to five-day learning May 3. Planning has been ongoing to transition the Dover Middle School and Dover High School from the hybrid model to five days per week. Dover elementary schools have been planning for the scheduled return of virtual students electing to return for in-person learning May 3. Now the district has to move up these plans. ....