Weare Middle School
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Weare Middle School is a coeducation
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...

al public middle school in Weare, New Hampshire
Weare, New Hampshire
Weare is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 8,785 at the 2010 census. It is close to two important New Hampshire cities, Manchester and Concord.-History:...

serving the community of Weare. It is part of School Administrative Unit (SAU) 24, and is administered by the Weare School District.

It is a rural 5th through 8th grade school - a learning institution whose charge is a commitment to maintaining a positive school climate, ensuring a consistent connection to the families it serves, and embedding literacy in all of its academic programs.

The school currently serves 606 students one building.

In March, 2005, voters (by a vote of 1,452 to 560) http://www.yourneighborhoodnews.com/goffstown-news/2005/12/news/29-weare-year-in-review.html approved an $18 million bond for the construction of a new middle school building, following reports of disrepair at the old building.

The new, 2-story 135000 square feet (12,541.9 m²) school building is currently being constructed next to the existing school buildings, which will eventually be torn down to make room for new athletic fields and parking. Construction is expected to be completed in August, 2007.

In 2006, the Weare Middle School Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) team placed 24th at the national championship, and submitted a proposal to NASA to build a very large rocket. Their proposal was accepted. The 2007 Weare Middle School TARC team not only qualified for nationals, but got the best score in New England, and was the only team in the top 100 from New Hampshire.

The school is currently using aides and volunteers to cover shifts at the school library, and school officials are cutting back in other places following the failure of the school district's $11.9 million budget in March, 2006. http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070405/REPOSITORY/704050333/1043/NEWS01

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