Greater Nashua
Melendy Pond resident advocates for open school enrollment
BROOKLINE - Peter Rondeau of Second Street recently submitted his testimony to the New Hampshire House Education Committee in favor of SB101, which would allow children to attend any public school regardless of where they live. Since moving to Melendy Pond in 2022, enrolling their children in public school has been one of numerous residency restrictions imposed on Rondeau and his wife, Greta. The Rondeaus have been advised by school officials that the town regularly checks students’ addresses to make sure none of them live on Melendy Pond. Yet, the Rondeaus still pay property taxes which help fund the Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School District. “Civil rights in Brookline are for sale. This bill would help remove towns with a discriminatory bias from using their power to enforce this bias,” Rondeau said in his testimony, adding that even homeless children have the right ...
