News and Annoucements

Announcing Eric Pauer as SDGANH President

July 3, 2022

The School District Governance Association of New Hampshire is happy to announce that Eric Pauer has assumed the leadership of the SDGANH. A professional engineer, Eric brings a great deal of leadership experience from his 30 years of part-time service as a Colonel in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve in addition to

SDGA Announces First Annual School District Champion Award

June 26, 2022

At our 2022 Annual General Meeting on June 18, the SDGA recognized Dan Richards with the first annual School District Champion Award. Donna Green made these remarks in Dan’s honor: DAN RICHARDS: a source of great inspiration. Dan characterizes his effort as “trying to refocus public education on excellence for all and away from the

NH DOE Announcement on Mask Mandates

February 24, 2022

The New Hampshire Department of Education has released the following guidance on mask mandates as of Feb. 23:

SDGA Advocating for Local Empowerment

January 17, 2022

The SDGA is supporting a number of education bills this year, all of which enhance the public’s information about the workings of their school districts. We have submitted testimony and in some cases suggested some amendments for consideration by the NH House Education Committee. The following bills we are supporting were among those heard by

SDGA Denounces NSBA Call to View Dissident Parents as Akin to Terrorists

October 9, 2021

For Immediate Release October 9, 2021 On September 29, the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Biden asking him to direct the force of the FBI and Homeland Security against angry parents who are disrupting school board meetings to protest masks and Critical Race Theory arguing that their behavior “…could be the

SDGA Advocates to Retain Meetings at a Public Location

October 7, 2021

This testimony was send to the NH House HB108 Study Committee on October 4, 2021 Dear Chairman Wuelper: I am writing to your committee with a sense of urgency and concern.  On Sept. 29, the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Biden asking him to direct the force of the FBI and

Testimony in Support of Budget Transparency

February 22, 2021

House Municipal and County Government Committee In favor of HB 243, HB 454, and HB 415 Dear Honorable Members: As President of the School District Governance Association of NH I am testifying in strong support for these three bills, all concerning transparency in budgets. The SDGA is mostly made up of past and present elected

SDGA Testimony in Support of HB348, Transparency of Union Contracts

February 22, 2021

Re:  HB 348Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Municipal and County Government Committee members,I am unable to testify on Zoom today but I wish to submit testimony to the entire committee and have this entered into the record of the proceedings.HB348 arose from a need those of us at the School District Governance Association saw in

Why We Need Union Negotiations in Public

February 22, 2021

Dear Mr. Chairman and House Judiciary Committee Members: I am President of the School District Governance Association of NH.  We are a private organization whose mission is to give voters a voice by empowering elected school district officials to reclaim control over budgets and curriculum. In addition to offering seminars/webinars to educate and inform school

November 10 Webinar: Data Mining on the DOE Website

October 10, 2020

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