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“The fact that supervising SAU 16 staff did not stop the contact tracing procedure, despite having acknowledged receiving the email from the Superintendent informing all staff that they were not to ask students about their vaccine status, is a very disturbing failure to protect students,” the statement reads.
One Democratic lawmaker pressed Friday to better protect children touring the mask-optional State House and others scolded Republicans who don’t wear face masks and voted against $27 million in federal contracts that would have boosted vaccination efforts, which they say will delay getting shots to children.
DURHAM – Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut criticized University of New Hampshire after it announced Friday a mandate for employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
With the number of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths on the rise, some lawmakers question the safety of continuing tours for elementary school children at the State House where there is no mask or vaccination mandate and no requirement to report the number of legislators and staffers who work there who have been infected.
Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington and other Democratic leaders called on Gov. Chris Sununu to demand the resignation of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut for speaking Sunday “at an event of fringe right-wing extremists encouraging people to forgo public health guidance in our schools.
The New Hampshire Department of Education is pleased to announce that two New Hampshire schools have been awarded as 2021 National Blue Ribbon Schools. Grantham Village School in Grantham and Memorial Elementary School in Bedford were named to this coveted list of schools being recognized for their exemplary high performance in academics.
One week after InDepthNH.org exposed the state’s COVID-19 school dashboard as inaccurate, hard to find, and out of date, it was still on the Department of Health and Human Services’ website Monday with the same information as last week and some from last year.
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New Hampshire people are divided over President Biden’s plan to require large employers to ensure employees are vaccinated against COVID-19 or are tested weekly, according to a new UNH survey poll.