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Businesses: Cut State Spending on Schools

By Trish Anderton on Friday, November 30, 2001.

As New Hampshire enters its fifth year of wrangling over how to pay for public schools, a leading business group says the state is footing too much of the bill for education. The Business and Industry Association or BIA says it?s working on a plan to cut the state?s share by as much as a third. But critics say that would leave some towns struggling to pay for schools. NHPR?s Trish Anderton reports.

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Improving Public Schools in NH's North Country

By Doug MacPherson on Friday, November 30, 2001.

A group of North Country residents gathered in the library of a school in Lancaster last night to talk about the future of the White Mountain School District. The forum was part of a series of community based meetings about public education. NHPR?s Doug MacPherson reports.

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