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Contributors to this Framework

Roberta Barrett, Nashua
F. Joanne Baker, State Department of Education, Concord
Fred Bramante, Durham
Mary Anne Byrne, SAU 41, Hollis
Representative Susan Carter, House Education Committee, Bow
Ann Marie Clement, Walker School, Concord
Richard Currier, Kearsarge Regional Middle School, New London
Haleen Dieterich, Whitefield Elementary School
William B. Ewert, State Department of Education, Concord
Paul A. Fillion, SAU 15, Hooksett
Pat Genestreti, State Board of Education, Portsmouth
Frank Gould, Enfield Elementary School
Carol Ann Gregorious, Memorial High School, Manchester
Margaret Guilmette, Lancaster Elementary School
Cathy Hamblett, Harold Martin School, Hopkinton
Tracy Hatch, State Board of Education, Nashua
Deborah Hodge, Mastricola Middle School, Merrimack
Ovide M. Lamontagne, State Board of Education, Manchester
Sr. Jeannette Landreville, St. Catherine School, Manchester
Representative Nils H. Larson, Jr., House Education Committee, Bridgewater
Pamela Lindberg, State Board of Education, Concord
Ann MacDonald, Merrimack High School
Charles H. Marston, New London
Joanne McEachran, New England College, Henniker
Deborah McNeish, Rumford School, Concord
Signe McQuaid, Manchester
Susan O'Connor, Lincoln Street School, Exeter
Joanne Pender, Bedford
Barbara Prentiss, Smyth Road School, Manchester
Pat Robbins, Antrim Elementary School
Kate Schoedinger, McKelvie Middle School, Bedford
Helen Schotanus, State Department of Education, Concord
Valerie Starbuck, Lockheed-Sanders Corporation, Nashua
Judith O. Thayer, Manchester
Judith Wenners, Notre Dame College, Manchester
Susan Winkler, Wolfeboro
Carolyn Yates, Nashua High School
Philip Yeaton, School Board Member, Concord