Concord Monitor

Second Start students concerned by Concord’s plan to bring some alternative school programming in-house

Second Start teacher Kayla Adair looks at Dakota Evens' design project in her class on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Adair emphasizes letting her students work at their pace in the learning process. GEOFF ...
Concord Monitor

Teachers, students plead for Second Start and other programs to be shielded from Concord school budget cuts

Makayla Ortiz, center, and her mother, Jennifer Harris, left, asked the board to reconsider its reduction of Second Start tuition. Credit: CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN / Monitor Tabitha Nedeau couldn’t be ...