Residents of the Contoocook Valley (ConVal) School District will soon be receiving final tax bills for the year. It is important to note the significant increase in the “local education” portion of your tax rates. The ConVal School Board wishes to explain how this year’s approved school budget impacted tax bills.
After many years of relatively flat school budgets,
Read More: School Board Explains Tax Impact Of Approved Budget
Why is the ConVal School Board looking at student enrollments, consolidation models, use of resources, funding formulas and district equity?
While New Hampshire is rated one of the best places to raise children, elementary and secondary public-school enrollment has consistently declined over the past decade. This decline raises questions for districts about the possible need to consolidate functions across schools,
Read More: Why The School Board Keeps Looking For Alternative Models
Last year, the ConVal School District started to use Twitter as a communications platform.
Teachers at each of the eleven schools now share classroom projects, special events, and school-wide assemblies online, all in an effort to showcase the many exciting things that are happening in the district every day.
The individual tweets from the eight elementary schools,
During the October 2 School Board Meeting, Bob Edwards presented a review of the science lab renovations at ConVal Regional High School.
Earlier this year, a complete renovation of four classrooms/laboratories used by the Science Department at ConVal was approved and funded by the School Board and district voters. The initial project estimate was over $1.5 million.
Read More: ConVal High School Science Lab Renovation Completed
For many years, ConVal High School (CVHS) has been the site of not just our high school but also of a regional Applied Technology Center (ATC). The ATC has remained in continuous operation since its beginning in the 1990’s.
Over the last four years, there has been a concerted effort by our school board and the district to revitalize and update our programs to better serve our students.
