Author: Rich Girard

BREAKING NEWS:   Girard at Large has learned that Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas and MEA President Ben Dick have entered into a tentative agreement on an extension of the union’s contract. The extension language had been...

TEACHER UNION NEGOTIATION UPDATE!   Girard at Large has learned that Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas and Manchester Education Association President Ben Dick have finalized an agreement regarding extension of the union’s...

UPDATE ALERT:  Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas and MEA President Ben Dick met for 3 hours to finalize the terms of a contract extension today.  Girard at Large has learned that all conceptual issues have been worked out and agreed...

Posted 5/16/12 Because Rich’s calls to Superintendent Stacy Buckley of the Goffstown School District regarding the controversies at Mountain View Middle School have not been returned, and because mounting evidence of...

BREAKING NEWS: In a conversation with Association of Manchester Principals President Rick Norton, Girard at Large has confirmed that the union reached an agreement in principle with Mayor Ted Gatsas on the terms of a proposed...

TEACHER/PRINCIPAL UNIONS NEGOTIATION UPDATE:Girard at Large has learned that both the Manchester Education Association and the Association of Manchester Principals have come to agreement on the principles of a contract...

Posted 5/15/12 This blog entry contains the communications between Goffstown resident Ben Hampton and Superintendent Stacy Buckley regarding the Request for Proposals issued by the school district in search of a consultant who...

Posted 5/12/12 Rich has attempted to reach Dian McCarthy, the Vice Chair of the Goffstown School Board to address these issues.  Should she reply, we will post it here under this post.  And, of course, we’ll be discussing...

Posted 5/12/12 From multiple sources, Girard at Large has received information alleging a conflict of interest involving Goffstown School Board Vice Chair Dian McCarthy.  Girard at Large host Rich Girard has now left 5 voice...

The Manchester Education Association continues with its confrontational tone over the city’s request that they alter their current contract as have Manchester’s other unions.  At stake is some 143 teacher positions...