Pelham - Windham News
6 - February 12, 2010
School Board nullestioned on
Cost of New nullgh School


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nulle onullthe nullestions raised dnulling the Febrnullry nullDeliberative Session onull
Erin null nullsmarais
the annnulll School District Meeting was why the cost onullsending nullindham
stnullents to their own innullown high school is so mnullh higher than it was to

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Erin null (Mnulle) Desmarais, null, onullFort
send them to Salem High Schoolnull
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nullalton nullach, Fnull and nullrmerly onull
nullhe issnull was nullst raised by Selectman nullger Hohenberger, who was not
Pelham, died Febrnullry null nullnull, at Fort
happy with the discrepancy between the pernulltnullent comparison onullSalem
nullalton nullach Medical nullnternull She was
and nullindhamnull nullindham High School welcomed its nullst stnullents this
FLOWER CO.
the winull onullnullymond Desmarais who
past Septembernull For the cnullrent school year (nullnullnullnullnull, only nulleshmen
snullvives hernull
and sophomores are attending nullindham Highnull nullnulliors and seniors are
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nullrn in Malden, Mnull March null nullnull,
continnullng to be ednullated at Salem High School thronullh a negotiated
the danullhter onullnullthnull and nullrolyn
tnulltion agreementnull Previonullly, the vast manullrity onullnullindham stnullents
(Smith) Mnulle onullPelham, she attended
attended Salem High School nullr all nullnull gradesnull
Pelham schools and was a gradnullte onullPelham High School
Hohenberger said that a comparison between ednullating nullindham
in the nullass onullnullnull where she was a member onullthe
stnullents in town and sending them to Salem shows a large spread between
varsity crossnullonulltry and track teamsnull She then went on to
the two enullensesnull nullile it costs appronullmately nullnull million nullr two grades
attend the nulliversity onullnullw Hampshirenullnullham and was
(nulleshmen and sophomores) to attend nullindham High School, it only costs
cnullrently attending nullrthwest Florida State nullllegenull
tanullayers nullnull million to send two grades (nullniors and seniors) to Salem
Erin was a Senior nullrman in the nullited States nullr Force
High Schoolnull nullhy is thisnull Hohenberger wanted to knownull
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where she served as a Snullgical nullechnician at Eglin nullr Force
nullalem is a mnullh more enullcient school,nullSchool nullard nullce nullairman
nullse in Floridanull
Mike Hatem said, dnull to the mnullh larger stnullent enrollment at Salem High
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Most recently, Erin worked in a private practice as a
Schoolnull nulle always said that nullindham High School wonulld not be as
Snullgical nullechnician nullr Dry Dress, nullnullnullnull
economicalnullnull
nullong her many interests, she ennullyed the beach and
here has to be some wnull ay to control these enullenses in the nulltnulle,null
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absolnullely loved her dogs nullarlie, nullady, and nullnullenull
Hohenberger saidnull null never enullected the cost to be donulllenullnull Hatem said
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® nullsides her hnullband and parents, Erin is snullvived by he enullects that it will be less enullensive per stnullent nenull year (nullnullnullnullnull
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with all Friday
a sister, nullisten Mnulle onullPelhamnulla brother, nullames Mnulle
when all nullnull grades are enrolled at nullindham High Schoolnull
& Saturday
onullPelhamnullher paternal grandmother, nullth Donullette onull
Snullerintendent Frank nullss pointed onull that the School District had
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chosen to nulle a threenullear segmented approach in moving stnullents into
Deliveries!
nullllerica, Mnull and many anullts, nullcles and conullinsnull
Salem, NH
nullFnulleral Mass was held Febrnullry nullat StnullPatrick nullnullch
nullindham Highnull Dnulling the nullal year onulltransition, the tnulltion cost will
(Local Sunday
in Pelhamnull nullrial was in nullbson nullmeterynull nullhose wishing
go down, nullss saidnull nullt’s an economy onullscale,nullhe saidnull nullhe pernulltnullent
603-893-9955 Delivery Available) may make a contribnullion in her memory to the nullimal cost will go down when we pnulll all the kids onull onullSalemnullnull nullss also said
nullscnull nullagnull onullnullw Hampshire, nullnullnullnullnull, nulldnullrd,
that there are a total onullnullnullnullstnullents attending Salem High School, while
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nullindham High will be home to abonull nullnullstnullents when all nullnull grades
nullrangements were by Fnulleral Directors nullames Fnull
are in attendancenull
nullDonnell, nullnulland nullohn nullane onullthe Pnullnull elham Fnulleral
nullindham resident Diane nullrpenter said that nulle all knew nullindham
Homenull
High School was a longnullerm commitmentnull nulle all knew, all along, that the
pernulltnullent cost wonulld be higher than Salemnullnull
School District nullsiness nullministrator Donna nullairmont said the costs
are null at this point dnull to the need to make onenullime pnullchases, snullh as a
large nnullber onulltenullbooks and library materialsnull nullhese costs won’t need to
be replicated in snullsenullent years,nullshe statednull
nullA nullirst Graders Ennully Afternoon Tea
submitted by Presentation
onullnullry nullnullademy
Dnulling nulltholic Schools nulleek,
Presentation onullMary nullademy (PMnull nullst
graders in Hnullson ennullyed anullernoon tea
with some onullthe Sisters who reside at PMnull
nullhis was a wondernulll enullerience nullr both
yonullg and old alikenull nullhe stnullents and the
sisters ennullyed homemade goodies that
were sent in nullr the occasion by the nullstnull
grade parentsnull nullhe stnullents spent abonull an
honull chatting with the sisters and asking
nullnulltesy Photos
them nullestionsnull nullhree to nullnull stnullents
vnull orite memoriesnull nulle onullthe sisters told highlight onulltheir day to spend time with
were gronulled per sisternull nullhe stnullents asked
the children in her gronull that her nullvorite themnull nullhe stnullents also had wondernulll
some specinull nullestions and wrote down
childhood memory was onullsitting on the time learning abonull the sisters and their
the sisters’ answers so they conulld share
nullor watching her nullther decorate the nullnd childhood memories, and even
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them with the rest onullthe classnull nullhings the
nullristmas treenull their nullvorite book, which seemed to be
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children were cnullionull to know abonull were
nullhe sisters conulld not get over how smart Charlottenulls Wenull hands downnull
the sisters’ childhoods and some onulltheir
and polite the nullst graders arenullt was the
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e were innull vited to participate with onull nullhe donations onullered are then driven
sister chnullch and learn what we conulld do to the nullw nullvenant nullnullch, located in
to help those in need in Haiti,nullcommented nullaltham, Mnull which was selected as being


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most homes, crnullhed the economic stability the donations receinulled for nullaiti nullolnullteers nullom the Haitian nullnullch in
onullHaiti, anullected the bnulliness operation onull
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null,nullnullcommercial bnullldings, leveled banks,
Pictnulles depict Haitian heroes lying in streets,
the distribnullion onullthe snullplied by local
and has anullected over three million peoplenull
heads on pillows covered in blood, while
volnullteersnull nullhe aim is to help them in their
Pictnulles depicting the devastation onullHaiti nulll
they wait nullr medical attentionnull nullskets line
home conulltrynull nullhey know the pockets in
the television news nightly,
the streets awaiting claim by nullmily membersnull
need and they know what areas conulld be
bnull the sight onulla yonullg
Enullanullted Haitians sleep where they dropnull
missed by larger organinulltionsnull nullhere are
lady, yesterday having two
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many clnullters onullhomes and those in need on
legs and today standing
nullildren wear bandnullids nullr eyebrowsnull
the monulltains, and onull Sister Haitian nullnullch
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nullindham Presbyterian nullnullch (nullnull,
is well positioned to know who needs help
thronullh the streets, tells
along with other chnullches, has aligned
where,nullcontinnulld Stnullrtnull
the story onullthose who live
themselves with Hope nullternational in an
nullcal nullrth nullnulltry schools,
in Haitinull nulladway signs
enullort to bring direct resnullts to those in neednull
organinulltions, and bnullinesses have
depict arrows nullr those
nullnullvolnullteered to be the dropnullnull
contribnulled to the ongoing drive to snullport
searching nullr where to go
location nullr those wishing to donate medical
Haitinull nulleople are going to the wholesale
to see the deadnull
snullplies (bandnullids, ganulle, soap, enullm
clnulls and pnullchasing entire trays onullovernull
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