New Hampshire / School Districts / Manchester School District
Parkside Middle School told the Teaching & Learning Committee it serves roughly 800 students, about 25% with identified disabilities, and outlined stepped attendance outreach, Tier 1 MTSS behavior goals and a targeted push to improve writing proficiency by spring 2026.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Manchester School District
Leslie Whitney and district curriculum staff presented fall iReady diagnostics showing middle-school readiness around 40250% for grade-level instruction, with current sixth grade an outlier tied to last year's fifth-grade transition; staff emphasized iReady is formative and will be used alongside PLCs, NSAS data and outcome-based contracting.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Manchester School District
Administrators said the state and plaintiffs reached agreement on attorney-fee reimbursement in the ConVal litigation; the district expects reimbursement of legal costs it paid (about $52,156 to date) and said a check is expected soon.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Manchester School District
Administration reported class-size averages across elementary, middle and high schools and described the mechanics of balancing enrollment and sibling placement; several elementary grades exceed policy thresholds at individual schools and West High School has multiple core classes above 25 students.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Manchester School District
IT and district leaders told the board the district currently has more Chromebooks in inventory than enrolled students and outlined repair/asset-management practices, warranty-life extensions and a proposed pilot to issue individual Chromebooks to high-school students to solve study-hall access problems.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Manchester School District
A resident asked when the district learned of cockroach reports at Hillside (and Weston) and whether treatments in occupied schools are safe; administration said an external exterminator was engaged in early September and that reports of sightings at the two schools are declining.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Manchester School District
The board approved a grant-funded job description and posting to pilot a Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) director position at Beach Street School, intended to provide targeted coaching and instructional support at a school designated as CSI; the position will be paid from CSI funds.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Manchester School District
Assistant Superintendent Roth told the Manchester School Committee on Oct. 1 that approximately 26% of Manchester students — 3,065 in total as of the district’s Oct. 1 count — receive special education services through individualized education programs (IEPs).
New Hampshire / School Districts / Manchester School District
Kate Di Benedetto, principal of Bakersfield Elementary, told the Manchester School District Committee on Student Conduct on Oct. 15 that the school has seen measurable gains on state assessments and set specific targets for attendance, behavior and core instruction.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Manchester School District
Project AWARE leaders presented dashboard and screening work to the committee, describing training for intervention teams, an Aspen-based referral workflow, quarterly reporting and initial sustainability planning tied to mirroring dashboards in district systems and clinician billing models.