DOVER, N.H. — A New Hampshire school district says a teacher will return to full-time teaching about being placed on paid leave after a video surfaced of his students singing a jingle about the Ku Klux Klan.
The Portsmouth Herald reported John Carver will resume teaching Aug. 28, when school starts.
Dover School District Superintendent William Harbron said Carver completed a “mentoring and learning program” required for him to come back to the classroom.
Carver was placed on leave in December after the video went viral.
It showed two students singing a jingle set to Jingle Bells that included the refrain “KKK, KKK, let’s kill all the blacks.”
Harbron and students said Carver had given an assignment to write a song about a subject in the Reconstruction era that followed the Civil War.
CONCORD — New Hampshire Congresswoman Annie Kuster has reintroduced a bill to repeal a provision that strips health coverage for Medicaid enrollees who are involved in the criminal justice system.
Kuster said the bill would increase their access to quality coverage and care needed to help them successfully return to their communities, including treatment for mental health and substance use disorders, and save state and taxpayer dollars.
She is touring the New Hampshire Correctional Facility for Women in Concord this week for a discussion with Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks and staff to discuss mental health and substance misuse care for inmates and released individuals.
MONTPELIER — Select farms around Vermont will again be opening their operations to the public for a week this summer.
The fifth annual Open Farm Week takes place from Aug. 9 through Aug. 15 at over 40 farms across the state.
The activities for visitors vary from farm to farm and range from milking cows and goats, picking vegetables and learning to make cheese to taking a farm tours and eating an on-the-farm dinner.
A listing of the events can be found online at DigInVT.com.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Springfield, Massachusetts police officer has died after an accidental drowning in a Vermont lake.
Acting Police Commissioner Cheryl C. Clapprood announced Saturday she was notified by Vermont State Police that 30-year-old Aaron McNab died Friday night in a swimming accident at Lake Morey in Fairlee, where he was visiting with family and friends.
McNab was reported missing at about 9 p.m. on Friday. His body was found in the water, near the shoreline, about 90 minutes later.
Clapprood said it’s “an emotional drain on all the women and men in blue” anytime the department loses a police officer, whether it’s on-duty or off-duty.
McNab had graduated from the police academy less than a year ago. Clapprood said he “showed so much promise” during his time with the department.
— Wire reports