Category Archives: News & Events
School District Budget Information
The proposed and default budgets for the 2020-2021 school year are linked below.
School District Candidacy Notice
Declaration of Candidacy for open positions can be filed at the Pittsfield Town Hall beginning January 22, 2020. Declarations will be accepted until January 31, 2020 until 5:00 p.m.
Public Hearing Notice
The Pittsfield Budget Committee will host a public hearing for the school district and town budgets on Thursday, January 16, at 7:00 p.m. in the PMHS lecture hall.
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.
Keeping Students at the Center Overview
Click here to view our new brochure explaining our district priorities along with our important work creating our current Mission & Vision.
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.
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