Beautiful, hard-working Pittsfield Jean Stimmell �2013 Ray Duckler recently wrote a disturbing column in the Concord Monitor about Pittsfield, one of NH�s property-poor towns, struggling to provide an adequate education for their kids. He quotes one of Pittsfield�s high school students, who addressed the Senate last summer: �every year, we�re set up to lose more and more, and at some point, there�s just going to be nothing left.� I have many fond memories from attending Pittsfield High School many years ago and received, at that time, an education good enough to get into Columbia. But, over the years, our educational system has become increasingly unequal, hamstringing property-poor towns, increasingly unable to raise enough money to provide quality education, despite paying sky-high property taxes. While it is gratifying that our nation is finally facing up to a history of gross discrimination in many areas like race, gender, and religion, no one talks about class: Class remains...
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