AG: Amherst Schools Illegally Used Students for Electioneering

AG: Amherst Schools Illegally Used Students for Electioneering

Amherst is learning the hard way that it is illegal for public school teachers to use their students as campaign operatives in elections. Superintendent Mike Berry was schooled this week by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office over last year’s failed effort to obtain an additional $52 million in taxpayer money. The SAU 39 leader received a cease-and-desist letter Tuesday from Assistant Attorney General Matthew Broadhead after an investiga…

NH School District Hit with Cease and Desist After Teachers Gave Mailers to Students Telling Parents How to Vote

The New Hampshire Attorney General issued a cease-and-desist order against the Amherst, New Hampshire, school district and superintendent after teachers sent political mailers home with students. [RELATED: Group of Six Minors Including a 10-Year-Old Implicated in Beating of Man on Bridge Between Berwick and Somersworth NH…] “Live in Amherst? Did your kid recently come home [...] The post NH School District Hit with Cease and Desist After Teacher…