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The Education Funding Forums are now complete: what have we learned? In LiveFit NH, living with diabetes and later we go looking for old time barbers. |
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Now on New Hampshire Outlook: The tug-of-war over an adequate Education and how to pay for it. We go back to Claremont -- where the battle began. Also ahead. |
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Type two diabetes is on the rise. In our LiveFit NH segment.Learn how to live with it. and how to prevent it. And later, |
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Where have all the barbers gone? See why some lawmakers are working to bring them back. |
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How much does an adequate education cost? It's a question being asked in communities across the state. The outcome of that debate --could play a huge role in our children's future. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to NH Outlook. We're coming to you from the High School in the Oyster River Cooperative School District in Durham. Here.and elsewhere parents and educators await a decision on what "defines" an adequate education and how to pay for it. Last year, the NH Supreme Court gave the Legislature a June deadline to come up with an answer. A series of community forums have been held around the state to get "public" input - with Claremont the final stop. It's only fitting.after all, as Richard Ager tells us -- Claremont is the community whose name has become synonymous with the fight over how to pay for our schools. |
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Bite: Claremont Forum tape 2:36:57 I am a parent and I do not want you or anyone else to define an adequate education for my child. Bite: Claremont Forum tape 2:32:39 It is inadequate to have our children attend school in some of the facilities in which they do. Track: Though the Claremont Lawsuit began nearly two decades ago, the passions and disagreements it has stirred over education funding have not cooled. If anything, they have grown to dominate state politics. Some fear if the legislature is forced to define an adequate education, it will then have to pay for it. Bite: Claremont Forum tape 02;39:54 If the legislature allows the court to go down this path, we will inevitably end up with a sales or income tax, let alone lose local control over schools, and who is better to decide what is best than the parents in local communities. So what next? Not caving to court is what I would choose, which as I said would lead to a sales or income tax. Track: To prevent that, the governor and others support a constitutional amendment to get around the court decision, though past attempts have failed. Bite: Claremont Forum tape 2:26:45 And in response to the notion of endless litigation, I would say please, don't even consider or fantasize about a narrow constitutional amendment. There ain't no such animal. As soon as you take the court out of the loop, out of the checks and balances, no matter how narrow you may want to characterize that, you then gut the institution of the fundamental right to education. And once it's gutted, it's not there any more. Track: Tom Connair is one of the original attorneys who filed the Claremont lawsuit in 1990 on behalf of Claremont and four other property-poor towns. The suit followed years of the state not paying funds it had promised those towns in order to settle an earlier lawsuit. Bite: LPA 412 5:01:32 The lack of funding is certainly a significant factor in the quality of education that a child is receiving and I don't think we can dispute that fact. Track: Stevens High School in Claremont became the symbol of the fight over funding, with its leaky roof, buckling gymnasium floor and an unsafe balcony. Bite: LPA 412 4:59:52 It is now condemned, totally blocked off. We're not using it at all Track: As the building deteriorated, the school also lost its academic accreditation. With the local economy in a recession, the tax base eroded, and property tax payers were squeezed. Bite: LPA 412 5:00:13 People simply can't afford it anymore. Bite: School Suit Master tape 2 02;37:03 Cherish meant something different then than it does now, and it meant support, would there now be a duty to support education? Track/Graphic #1: The lawsuit reached the Supreme Court in 1993, and in a judgment handed down later that year, the court found the state does indeed have a duty "….to provide constitutionally adequate education to every educable child in the public schools in New Hampshire and to guarantee adequate funding." Soundup: Tape 11L 0:8;59 Track: Reaction was swift as the governor called the decision: "A storm that can destroy much of what this state is all about." Soundup: 0:01;00 Exteriors of Stevens High School - students coming and going Track: 13 years later, some things have changed at Stevens High School. Soundup: Claremont Update tape 1 0:45:20 Kids playing with basketballs in gym Track: To begin with, the roof, gym floor and balcony have been fixed. Bite: Claremont Update tape 1 0:26:00 The floor was a dark parquet floor and was very slippery - and the lighting not very good at all. Track: Scott Fitzgerald first saw the Stevens gymnasium as a visiting player in the late 80's. Now he's the Athletic director. Bite: Claremont Update tape 1 0:26:10 I remember coming here and everyone joking around - are we going to be able to see the ball tonight. Now looking at it, it's just such a bright vibrant atmosphere - the lighting so much better. This brand new floor. And with that balcony - it's just neat having the fan support up there - the student body - and it just brings a nice vibrant basketball atmosphere to it. Track: Despite that improvement, Stevens High School still has no athletic fields of its own - and no land to build any on. Bite: Claremont Update tape 1 0:29:42 I'd like to see a new high school, to be honest. Though I love the gym and classic feel, we'll need a new facility to keep up with the technology and number of students that we have - and I think it would give a huge boost to the community to have a brand new facility. Soundup: Claremont Update tape 1 0:09:40 band plays kettle drum Bite: Claremont Update Tape 2 01:31;35 DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION HERE? I do. I work hard for what I have accomplished. I look deeper into my classes - I don't do just what's required, I go above and beyond. I think I have learned as much as possible in the classes I have taken. I don't think anything - I don't think I've learned less than anyone in any other school. Soundup: Claremont Update tape 1 0:06:35 ** Kelley playing clarinet Bite: Claremont Update Tape 2 01:34:42 I think the band is really important. The band is a unique group - we're like a family. I don't know what the school would be like if we didn't have the band. We go to football games, we are supportive of just about everything, we've been at pep rallies, we have a lot of fun. It's an important group. I think we need a new band room but other than that - I think we're a really good group and we do the best we can. Track: Doing their best, making the most of what they have - these are themes you encounter at Stevens High. And alumni are a big part of bringing new life to the school. The class of '55 contributed the gymnasium scoreboards. Others provided the banners that celebrate 140 years of athletics, and even the announcers booth used to broadcast the Basketball games. And Alumni helped bring the auditorium back to life. Bite: Claremont Update tape 1 0:15:18 THIS IS A CLASSIC HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM - LOOK AT THE PROSCENIUM. It's a theatrical stage so it's got the slant - LOOK AT THE ROOM YOU HAVE IN THE FRONT FOR ANY TYPE OF ORCHESTRA - We have theatrical curtains, we have the backdrop, we have the lighting, - a control booth, and then the remote control. Track: That equipment is worthy of Broadway - literally. That's thanks to one alum who had an idea after 9/11 had depressed the theater scene in New York. Bite: Claremont Update tape 1 0:20:12 He used those resources that he got from the alumni association to go to the rental companies in New York city that were having a hard time staying afloat,- and was able to purchase all of this equipment at very good costs. |
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soundup: Claremont Update tape 1 0:51:15 ** tight on drawing - pan up to Judy "Let's prove that vertical angles are equal." Track: Math teacher Judy Bonneau has been at Stevens for 24 years. drawing triangle ABC Bite: Claremont Update tape 1 0:57:02 IN THE YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE, WHAT KIND OF COMPROMISES AND SACRIFICES HAVE YOU HAD TO MAKE AS A TEACHER? Well, I have to tell you I buy an awful lot of things. SUCH AS? Such as computer software out of my own pocket, I brought in cold medications, cough drops, Kleenex and paper towels and cleaning supplies. SO YOU'RE THE TEACHER, THE NURSE, THE IT DEPT. COULD WE GO ON? Can be - wherever I see a need, I have pencils, papers, pens, I have even supplied notebooks to kids because they cannot afford them. Track: Bonneau says the Claremont experience holds a lesson for the state. Bite: Claremont Update tape 1 0:58:20 Instead of trying to wheedle out of funding our kids education, just take a good look at it and say what is fair for all kids - and fund that. Just fund. EVEN IF IT MEANS AN INCOME TAX OR SALES TAX? I think so. I think we've come to that point. You cannot ask a kid to do a 21st century education on an 18th century budget. Track: Bonneau also says an unwelcome side effect of the lawsuit is a stigma from being so identified with a deficient school. Bite: Claremont Update Tape 2 01:10:11 I do hear of that stigma from people I know out side the community and I think with time, we chip away at it by inviting people from the outside to come here and really see what we're all about. We have a lot to be proud of here, and we're doing a really good job educating our children. Out recent accreditation awarded us for 40-plus commendations on our excellence in curriculum and leadership - and that's way above average. Track: But that same accreditation inspection by the New England Council of Schools and Colleges also put Stevens High School on notice that it was deficient in three key areas including technology and physical facility. And then there are the numbers like a 24% dropout rate, the second highest in the state. Bite: Claremont Update Tape 2 01:18:15 DO YOU THINK THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS WHO DROP OUT HERE - BECAUSE WHY - DO YOU THINK? Because we can't meet their needs. Because we're forced to teach to the median, the middle crowd. There are people who are ahead and people who are behind. The people who are behind can't catch up to the middle, and we can't help the people that are behind because we have to use the resources we have to teach the greater number. We can't help the small number of people in the front and the people in the back because we don't have the funding to get that. Track: That belief is backed by a recent report by the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies. Graphic#2: The report concluded that the funding reforms since the Claremont rulings "have had no effect on pupil equity, as measured by per pupil spending." It further stated "…the state's school finance reform has had little impact, and we are back to where we started…" "School Finance Reform: Back to Where We Started" Track: Principal Paul Couture has been in Claremont for the life of the lawsuit. Bite: Claremont Update Tape 2 01:41:20 Claremont has a lot going for it. I think what I saw when Claremont lost some of its foundation through the closing of a coupe of large manufacturing companies, is they lost their sense of pride in what they have. And I believe that's what trickled down into the schools. Students at Stevens High School lost their sense of pride in what they have. Track: And what they have, says Couture, is a school that demands high standards for graduation including 48 hours community service. Bite: Claremont Update Tape 2 01;27:17 TELL ME ABOUT THE STUDENTS - AND THE GENERAL MOOD HERE. Among the average sort of student, there's not a whole lot of ambition. I don't think it's the school's fault so much as the community. That's what the problem is in a lot of areas. Claremont, New York, it's so much about the community and the home life. The school - it could be better but it's the home that's the foundation for everything we're doing here. Track: Many community leaders hope that as the economy improves, so will the tax base and its ability to support the schools. Bite: Claremont Update Tape 2 01:51:20 In the last 20 years, we've had some places close. For example, we lost a foundry that employed 100 people. We lost a company that employed 200-250 people. However, there have been changes in the economy to the positive. Smaller shops are starting to grow. We have a lot more retail than in past 20 years. Larger retail has moved in as well as the filling of our downtown. In the square you're standing in, you can see a lot of new storefronts and renovations that have been done. It's been quite a revival of the economy. Track: Still, with 70% of the tax base residential, Claremont will likely always need state help. Bite: Claremont Update Tape 2 01:55:28 A lot of our people have actually mortgaged themselves. They are paying higher property taxes because they believe in quality education, they believe in improving infrastructure, they see the need for both. soundup: Claremont Update Tape 1 0:40:55 Big crowd in corridor Bite: Claremont Update Tape 2 02;07;40 DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY NEW ARGUMENTS TO BE MADE IN THIS ISSUE OR HAVE WE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE? I think we've heard most of it before. I think there's a growing realization by our legislators, by the citizens of this state, that the way we're doing it now isn't working. And that education is more than just a - one of those govt. subsidized programs. That it's profoundly important and essential to the way we raise our children, we do business in the next generation. So with that growing realization, there may be a willingness to engage in more healthy debate that we haven't had in the past, and I'm hopeful for that. Bite: Claremont Update tape 1 0:04:12 this is the story of good vs. evil - you'll know evil when you see it. Track: At Stevens High, the band plays "The Fate of the Gods". But over the next year, it is the fate of the students and faculty of this and the other schools in Claremont, Lisbon, Allenstown, Pittsfield and Franklin, that will be decided. For NH Outlook, I'm Richard Ager. soundup: Claremont Update tape 1 0:12:30 Finale begins - ends at 12:54 "Thanks everybody - great job" |
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We are seeing major changes in the health of our children. Especially in the increase of childhood Type 2 diabetes cases. Obesity and lifestyle choices are often the cause of this chronic disease, but enacting healthy changes can make a difference. In this LiveFIT NH report, Producer Phil Vaughn shows us how a mother and daughter are coping with the diagnosis. |
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It may not be common knowledge, but people with diabetes don't necessarily have to go on special diets. They can eat many of their favorite foods. It's all about portion size and balance. Something many doctors and nutritionists would like everyone to consider when choosing their next meal. |
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There was a time when a would-be barber would go to school to learn to give a basic haircut and shave. In the early 80's that changed. Barbers were also required to learn how to style, color and perm hair. Since then, it's been increasingly difficult to find a basic barber on your local main street. That could change with a piece of legislation moving through the statehouse. Senate Bill 43 would set new rules for master barbers. Phil Vaughn has the story. |
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Time will tell if the master barber bill makes the cut.. SB-43 has passed the Senate and is now on its way to the house. |
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That's it for this edition of NH Outlook -- from Durham. Thanks for joining us. I'm Beth Carroll. I'll see you around New Hampshire. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 3/25/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 11:00 Now on New Hampshire Outlook: The tug-of-war over an "adequate" Education and how to pay for it. We go back to Claremont -- where the battle began. Also ahead: Type two diabetes is on the rise. In our LiveFit NH segment. learn how to live with it and how to prevent it. And later: Where have all the barbers gone? See why some lawmakers are working to bring them back. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to NH Outlook. Last year, the NH Supreme Court gave the Legislature a June deadline to define what an "adequate" education is, and to decide how to pay for it. Since then, a series of community forums have been held around the state to get "public" input on the matter - with Claremont the final stop. It's only fitting.after all, as Richard Ager tells us -- Claremont is the community whose name has become synonymous with the fight over how to pay for our schools. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Cathy Peschki\Croydon, Jacqui Guillette\Claremont, Tammy Simmons\NH Advantage Coalition, Tom Connair\Attorney, Scott Fitzgerald\Stevens HS Athletic Director, Kelly Bureau\Stevens High School Junior, Paul Couture\Principal, Judy Bonneau\Math Teacher, David Putnam\Claremont School Board, Will Race\Stevens High School Junior, Shane Kochvi\Stevens High School Junior, Scott Pope\Claremont Mayor, Patricia Granter\Band Teacher |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 3/25/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 8:00 Now on New Hampshire Outlook: The tug-of-war over an "adequate" Education and how to pay for it. We go back to Claremont -- where the battle began. Also ahead: Type two diabetes is on the rise. In our LiveFit NH segment. learn how to live with it and how to prevent it. And later: Where have all the barbers gone? See why some lawmakers are working to bring them back. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to NH Outlook. We begin with a Live FIT NH report. We are seeing major changes in the health of our children. Especially in the increase of childhood Type 2 diabetes cases. Obesity and lifestyle choices are often the cause of this chronic disease, but enacting healthy changes can make a difference. Producer Phil Vaughn shows us how a mother and daughter are coping with the diagnosis. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Kyle Landt\Endocrinologist, Ellie Tsetsi\Mother, Patrice Tsetsi\Daughter, Larry Tsetsi\Father |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 3/25/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 8:00 Now on New Hampshire Outlook: The tug-of-war over an "adequate" Education and how to pay for it. We go back to Claremont -- where the battle began. Also ahead: Type two diabetes is on the rise. In our LiveFit NH segment. learn how to live with it and how to prevent it. And later: Where have all the barbers gone? See why some lawmakers are working to bring them back. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to NH Outlook. We begin with a Live FIT NH report. We are seeing major changes in the health of our children. Especially in the increase of childhood Type 2 diabetes cases. Obesity and lifestyle choices are often the cause of this chronic disease, but enacting healthy changes can make a difference. Producer Phil Vaughn shows us how a mother and daughter are coping with the diagnosis. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Kyle Landt\Endocrinologist, Ellie Tsetsi\Mother, Patrice Tsetsi\Daughter, Larry Tsetsi\Father |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 3/25/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 6:00 Now on New Hampshire Outlook: The tug-of-war over an "adequate" Education and how to pay for it. We go back to Claremont -- where the battle began. Also ahead: Type two diabetes is on the rise. In our LiveFit NH segment. learn how to live with it and how to prevent it. And later: Where have all the barbers gone? See why some lawmakers are working to bring them back. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll and welcome to NH Outlook. There was a time when a would-be barber would go to school to learn to give a basic haircut and shave. In the early 80's that changed. Barbers were also required to learn how to style, color and perm hair. Since then, it's been increasingly difficult to find a basic barber on your local main street. That could change with a piece of legislation moving through the statehouse. Senate Bill 43 would set new rules for master barbers. Phil Vaughn has the story. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Charlie Kennedy\Barber, Senator Lou D'Allesandro\ District 20, John Burger\Patron |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 3/25/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 6:00 Now on New Hampshire Outlook: The tug-of-war over an "adequate" Education and how to pay for it. We go back to Claremont -- where the battle began. Also ahead: Type two diabetes is on the rise. In our LiveFit NH segment. learn how to live with it and how to prevent it. And later: Where have all the barbers gone? See why some lawmakers are working to bring them back. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll and welcome to NH Outlook. There was a time when a would-be barber would go to school to learn to give a basic haircut and shave. In the early 80's that changed. Barbers were also required to learn how to style, color and perm hair. Since then, it's been increasingly difficult to find a basic barber on your local main street. That could change with a piece of legislation moving through the statehouse. Senate Bill 43 would set new rules for master barbers. Phil Vaughn has the story. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Charlie Kennedy\Barber, Senator Lou D'Allesandro\ District 20, John Burger\Patron |