HB-1811, which would completely end mandatory vaccinations for children entering school or daycare facilities, proposes treating the Department of Health and Human Services’ vaccination guidelines as recommendations that “shall not be used to deny services or access.”
Henry J. McLaughlin Middle School PTO in Manchester, New Hampshire is raffling off $7,000 or a trip for 4 to Disney! All proceeds will tremendously help our students and teachers.
As state lawmakers race to pass a new law mandating open enrollment among public schools, local school district leaders are engaged in a counter-effort to adopt policies that block students from leaving the district under the state’s current open enrollment law.
In a special meeting of the Manchester Board of School Committee held on Jan. 28, 2026, Manchester School District Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Nicole Doherty led a group of district administrators in a presentation tying together the state’s new minimum education standards with several proposed changes for Manchester’s public high schools.
Manchester’s growing special education population and the rising cost of serving students with complex needs took center stage at the January 27, 2026 Manchester Board of School Committee meeting as administrators warned of continued financial pressure heading into the 2026 – ‘27 school year.
On Saturday, Jan. 31, more than 200 local students will participate in the statewide New Hampshire High School Ethics Bowl competition from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Saint Anselm College. The competition will take place in Alumni Hall. The championship match will begin at 3 p.m.
Students of Manchester, New Hampshire can celebrate because Snow Day 2.0 has been announced! This is the largest amount of snow the United States has seen in years, affecting states from New Mexico to Maine. Midwestern states like Minnesota and Michigan, and northeastern states like those in New England are used to low temperatures and snowy winters.
In December, the Manchester Board of School Committee asked leadership of the Manchester School District to provide a solution to growing student meal debt. Unfortunately, the solution brought forward satisfied no one, including the leaders who submitted it.
Just over 30 percent of Manchester School District students missed at least 10 percent of the 2024-’25 School Year, leading district leaders to discuss strategies moving forward with the Manchester Board of School Committee Student Conduct Committee on lowering absentee rates.
On Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2026, The Manchester Board of School Committee’s Education Legislation Committee discussed Senate Bill 101, a piece of legislation currently before the New Hampshire State Legislature that would allow parents to enroll their children in any school district in the state.
On Wednesday night, Manchester School District Superintendent Jennifer Chmiel sent a message to staff regarding reports of heightened U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the city earlier in the day as well as potentially on Thursday.
Days after Republican Rep. Kristin Noble expressed public support for segregating schools by political party, the superintendent of schools in the town she represents delivered a forceful rebuke of her vision for education.
Manchester is New Hampshire’s largest school district and serves many of the State’s most disadvantaged, and most vulnerable children. HB 1831 removes the cap on the State’s education aid – a cap that applies ONLY to Manchester. Under current law, this cap will strip at least $10 million annually in anticipated and fully warranted funding from our district beginning next year.
The Manchester School District and the City of Manchester Department of Public Works Parks and Recreation Division are expecting to test a new partnership that help both groups as well as students and other community members gain access to new recreational programs.
As the budget season for Fiscal Year 2026 begins to come into focus, a memorandum of understanding between the Manchester School District and the City of Manchester for an independent efficiency audit was recommended by the Manchester Board of School Committee’s Finance Committee on Wednesday night, part of a larger initiative by Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais to proactively find budgetary efficiencies in local government budgets.
For years, there have been rumors that the Manchester School District would somehow realign the city’s public high school students away from its long-standing configuration. In their first regular meeting of 2026, the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) held another discussion looking at just such a realignment that recommended no immediate action.
Four months into the school year, the state Department of Education warned districts that those types of videos are now illegal under state law, unless the school has written permission from parents to audio or video record each student. The same applies to band concerts and, it appears, sporting events.
Starting next year, New Hampshire school districts must tell voters what they spend on students, teachers, and administrators before a vote on the annual school budget. A Christian advocacy group is urging the public to sue if districts fail to do so.
The Manchester School District has advised parents of Northwest Elementary School that they have begun efforts to exterminate mice and cockroaches in the building.
