Dresden School District

The Dresden School District is the first interstate school district in the United States. Formed under the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact, it operates the Francis C. Richmond Middle School and Hanover High School in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Dresden School District is part of the SAU 70, which also operates the Bernice A. Ray Elementary School in Hanover and the Marion Cross Elementary School in Norwich, Vermont. The Dresden School District and each elementary school has a separate board.

The bill which created this district was one of the last John F. Kennedy signed before his assassination in 1963.[1]

History

In 1781, towns just east of the Connecticut River (including Hanover) defected from New Hampshire to the Vermont Republic. The next year, the Vermont Assembly renounced its claims to said towns. However, it was not until 1784 that Hanover would elect a representative to the New Hampshire General Court.[2]

See also

References
  1. Upper Valley League of Women Voters - Norwich Archived September 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20101122132910/http://www.flowofhistory.org/themes/american_republic/western.php


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