Liz talks with Rep. Hope Damon about what is happening with the school district, which faces a multi-million dollar deficit in its school budget - and what the State of New Hampshire can / will / will not do, depending on who you ask...

This episode was recorded on August 28, 2025.

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Links:

• Financial woes could force Bluff Elementary to close, students would be reassigned (Valley News)
• Claremont school board meeting turns heated as district makes budget cuts in face of deficit (WMUR)
• Claremont schools terminate 19 new hires amid budget crisis (Valley News)
• 8/25/25 School Board Meeting (CCTV)
• 8/20/25 School Board Meeting (CCTV)
• 8/14/25 School Board Meeting (CCTV)
• State Representative David Luneau 8-26-25 (New Hampshire Today with Chris Ryan)
• ConVal Lawsuit (NH School Funding Fairness Project)
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Quorum (This American Life, “I Work Better on Deadline,” Act One)
• Department of Education blocks key data in audit of education freedom accounts (New Hampshire Bulletin)
• NH Supreme Court: State falls far short on school funding, but leaves fix to Legislature (NHPR)
• Superior court judge again finds NH school funding model unconstitutional (New Hampshire Bulletin)
• Education Freedom Account Data Shows Wealthy Parents Flock to Free Money (InDepthNH)

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