Special-Ed Funds Redirected

January 14th, 2010

Wall Street Journal

“A provision in federal law allows some school districts to spend millions of dollars of special-education money elsewhere, and a government report indicates many more districts plan to take advantage of the provision.”

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Where Our School Dollars Are Spent – III

January 9th, 2010

Special Education
ARRO
Card NE
Farmington School District
Institutional Intern
NHCEH/Title 1
Raymond School District
Lutheran Community’s
Plowshare Farm

Educational Supplies/Books/Services
Marshall Cavendish/H.S. Refrence Books
Economist/Subscription for H.S. Social Studies
Follett Library Resources
Project Fees
National Geographic/ H.S. subscription
CCS Presentation/Audiovisual supplies
DEMCO Incorp/Supplies
Skyhaven Flying Co./ROTC flights
Amazon.com
Adventure Headquarters
Barnes and Noble Bookseller
Scott Electric/office supplies
Rio Grande/Art Supplies
Weekly Readers Corp/grade 1 and 2
Library Video/videos for H.S.
US Games
Walden Book Company

Supplies/Equipment
Purchase Power/Postage meter
Specialized Purchase
Reserve Account/postage
Dick Blick/Art supplies
Premier School Agenda/Agenda Books
Pitney Bowes/postage
Office Environment/Auditorium Sound Equipment

Computers
Newport Computer/repairs
Companion Corp/Library Software System

Maintenance/Utilities/services
GC AAA Fence Company
Plumbmaster, Inc.
Adams Fire Protection/Kitchen
Knights Construction/Cafe, Tech Center
Norway Plains Associates/Engineering Services
Konica Minolta Business/Copiers
Simplex Grinnell
Diamond Electric

Consulting/Teacher Training/Testing/Jobs
Granite State College
Genetic Services/SFED
UNH/Courses
Plymouth State College/Courses
NFI North Inc/Ads on the internet
Northwest Evaluation: NWEA/testing
NH JAG/Jobs for NH graduates
NHASP/Assoc of School Principals dues 6 people
ASCD/Dues

Talking Points on Assessing

January 1st, 2010

City of Rochester, Assessing

Where Our School Dollars Are Spent – II

October 27th, 2009

Special Education

Brenda Home Care
Cedarcrest, Inc.
Community Partners
Dover Children’s Home
Easter Seal Society
Eckerd Youth Alternative
Interim Healthcare
Lakeshore Learning
Maplestone
May Institute
Monarch School of NE
Mount Prospect Academy
NFI North, Inc.
Spaulding Youth Center
Seacoast Learning
Strafford Learning Center
Wediko Children’s Services

Furniture/Curriculum Materials

Hass Factory Outlet
Institutional Interiors
K-Log
School Specialty, Inc.
Valiant International

Athletics

Collins Sports
Mount Sunapee
Pats Peak
Satara Leos, Ltd.
Wildcat

Education Supplies/Books

Childcraft Education
Education, Inc.
Frog Publications
Gander Publishing
Handwriting without Tears
Harcourt Brace and Company
Heinemann
Houghton Mifflin
Library Sparks
McGraw Hill COmpany
Music and Art Center
Pearson Education (NCS Pearson)
Perma-Bound
Really Great Reading
Renaissance Learning
Sopris West Educational Services
Success for All
Sopris West Educational Services

Transportation

Goffstown Truck
Provider Enterprise
Safe Passage

Supplies/Equipment

ABC School Supply
Calloway House
Classroom Direct
Corporate Express
Cricket Ventures
Demco Incorporated
Goodwin Office Supplies
Ikon Office
Rochester 100
Staples
Ultiplay Parks and Playground Equipment

Computers

Apple, Inc.
Custom Computers
Cyberguys
Govconection
Hewlett Packard
Specialized Purchase (Printer)
Turbotek

Insurance

Lincoln National Life
LGH Health Trust

Maintenance/Utilities

Constellation – Electricity energy service provider.
Dennis Burke – oil
DSCI – phones
Frederick Flow, Inc
RK Gherlone – Painter
Metromedia Energy – Natural Gas
Nextel – Cell Phones
PSNH
RPF Associates – Asbestos testing
Sesh Electric
Unitil (Formerly Northeast Utility)- Natural Gas
West Mechanical Maintenance

Food Services

ACME Uniform Direct
Central Restaurant
Cartwell’s
Commercial Kitchen

Lawyers

Jerome Grossman
Drummond Woodsum – Special Education Lawyer

Consulting/Teacher Training

Cengage Learning
SERESC – Southeastern Regional Education Service Center
Miravia, LLC
Jim Moulton – Teacher workshops in Project-Based Learning

Security

Rochester Security System – Maintenance contract

Energy Management

Honeywell

RCTA to host candidate forums

October 16th, 2009

October 16, 2009
Fosters

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Concerned Taxpayers Association announces two “Meet The Candidates” forums. They invite all Rochester citizens to attend, including renters.

The RCTA invites incumbents and challengers for the city council and mayoral positions to the first forum on Monday, Oct. 19, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the VFW Hall, 43 Highland St. in East Rochester.

On Thursday, Oct. 29, the second forum will be held at the same location and the same time for the School Board and Police Commission candidates.

State Representative Warren Groen and his brother, Fenton, have agreed to moderate the two forums.

According to an RCTA press release, MetroCast will record these events and rebroadcast them on Rochester’s Government Channel 26 before Election Day.

At the Main Street Octoberfest event on Saturday, Oct. 10, the RCTA will have a table for the purpose of having Rochester residents write questions for the candidates of the various offices. Questions will be submitted to the moderators to ensure that duplicates are omitted and all questions are polite, diplomatic and relevant. You are also encouraged to write your questions before Oct. 10, and submit them to the RCTA via e-mail at inforochestertaxpayers.org or send them to the RCTA, 47 Walnut St., Rochester NH 03867. Questioners do not need to sign their names to the questions.

The RCTA encourages all Rochester citizens to participate in these informational and educational forums.