Category Archives: Current Events
Public Hearing Notice
The Pittsfield School Board will hold a public hearing at 5:30 p.m., on Thursday, October 3rd, in the PMHS Media Center. The hearing will be to accept and expend funds for a full-time social worker position.
Q & A Session
The Pittsfield School Board will hold a question and answer forum on the re-purposing of the former PMHS wood shop at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 19, in the PMHS media center.
2019 – 2020 Budget Information
The first deliberative session is scheduled to be held on:
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Pittsfield Elementary School – Gymnasium
7:00 p.m.
Please plan to attend to hear important information and to ask any questions you may have. We look forward to seeing you.
REVENUE PROJ 19-20 WITH FINAL DEFAULT BUDGET
Understanding Bullying
Pittsfield School Board Policy JICK defines bullying consistently with state law as follows:
Bullying is hereby defined as a single significant incident or a pattern of incidents involving a written, verbal, or electronic communication, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof, directed at another pupil which:
- Physically harms a pupil or damages the pupil’s property,
- Causes emotional distress to a pupil,
- Interferes with a pupil’s educational opportunities,
- Creates a hostile educational environment, or
- Substantially disrupts the orderly operation of the school.
Bullying shall also include actions motivated by an imbalance of power based on a pupil’s actual or perceived personal characteristics, behaviors, or beliefs, or motivated by the pupil’s association with another person and based on the other person’s characteristics, behaviors, or beliefs.
The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension’s Understanding Bullying (https://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource001364_Rep1823.pdf) provides us with very helpful information and suggestions on addressing bullying among our children.
LD Awareness Month
On October 26th, join us for hor d’oeuvres and drinks from 5pm to 7pm at The Foundry in Manchester, NH. We will have a short program at 6pm to highlight some of the amazing efforts in LD Awareness here in the Granite State. Please rsvp at this link. More details are in the invitation below.
Education Funding in New Hampshire
Thanks to the many Pittsfield taxpayers who joined the recent meeting on Education Funding in New Hampshire. We were joined by many concerned taxpayers from across our state as we learned about the inequities in the state’s funding scheme and the failure of the legislature to address the issue in an equitable manner as required by the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Upcoming Board Meetings
The next regularly scheduled board meeting will take place on Thursday, September 19th.
Looking ahead the board is scheduled to meet:
October 3
October 17