Starting the school year prepared: NSKS Annual Back-to-School Backpack Distribution Day

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Summer is coming to a close. Labor Day is just around the corner, and the rituals of back-to-school are in full swing. For most kids that means new shoes, outfits, and school supplies purchased in family shopping outings. Unfortunately for many Nashua area children with challenging family circumstances, those things are out of reach.

To close or not to close: School board calls for special meeting to discuss fate of Mount Pleasant Elementary School

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“I think the mayor’s office should be involved in this because Mayor Donchess ran wanting to keep all the schools open,” board member Rob Johnson said. “Now it’s being thrown at us saying ‘well I may have said I wanted to keep all the schools open, but here you go Board of Ed, you guys got it now.’”

Storyteller Simon Brooks visits Mount Pleasant Elementary School as part of CliF’s ‘Year of the Book’ grant award

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Storyteller Simon Brooks visited Mount Pleasant Elementary School as part of Children’s Literacy Foundation’s (CLiF) Year of the Book Grant award on Tuesday morning, followed by ice cream provided by CLiF.