<p>Having a good laugh about mud season – I went to college in ME, and that’s what we always said, that we went from winter to mud season. DH & I have started long-term thinking about where we want to be in our “leisure years” and the Hanover area has come up several times. We probably wouldn’t be there thru the dead of winter, but it has a lot going for it, including good medical care. Of course we both grew up in MA and currently live in CT, so it wouldn’t be as drastic a change for us. (DH is also tuned in to the tax advantages.)</p>
<p>I saw this in today’s Boston Globe. Re: Hanover High</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/09/19/school_cheating_scandal_divides_nh_town/[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/09/19/school_cheating_scandal_divides_nh_town/</a></p>
<p>(If you can not open link, here is the beginning of the article):</p>
<p>"HANOVER, N.H. - Academics is serious business in this well-to-do town, where life revolves around Dartmouth College. Ivy League credentials rank alongside Subaru wagons and restored farmhouses as status symbols, and high school students are expected to excel and land acceptances to prestigious universities.</p>
<p>So, as final exams loomed and pressure built last June at Hanover High School, some students hatched a scheme for acing the tests: One evening after school was out, a group of students entered the school building, authorities say. While some stood sentry in hallways, others entered a classroom and used stolen keys to break into a teacher’s filing cabinet and steal exams for advanced math honors, advanced math, Algebra II, and calculus. Five days later, another group stole chemistry finals. In total, some 50 students are suspected of participating in the thefts, either helping to plan them or receiving answers from stolen exams."</p>
<p>Edit: I just noticed that someone else started a new thread about this incident as well.</p>
<p>Hanover high school has an excellent rep as being a very good high school - that incident involved a few students - and should not reflect on the school as whole. THe education level at Hanover high school would have to be pretty high considering that alot of the profs at Dartmouth have kids in the shcool system.</p>
<p>Incidents like this have happaned at other schools as well - even in colleges - gee remember the Air Force Academy incident??</p>
<p>Well, if we ever do, in fact, land in the Hanover area, at least we won’t need to worry about the high school – that “phase” of our lives will be over and done! :)</p>
<p>I had the extreme pleasure of living in Hanover for a few years and loved it; unique circumstances, but it was a sad day when we moved away. I sure understand why so many Dartmouth alums end up there for keeps. In my mind it is a special little corner of the world (if you don’t mind being a bit off the beaten track). If I could figure out a way, I’d work it into the retire scheme.</p>
<p>We knew the Dresden school system to be top notch and carefully found housing there to make sure our children would attend those schools. The school board at that time actually went door to door checking that children occupied the address reported - a first for me! I do recall that if the numbers are down, enrollment may be opened to the surrounding areas. No guarantees, though. Maybe we weren’t there long enough to come across the warts, but were very happy with the schools while we were there, and sad to leave them as well. Hanover High School had and has a great reputation, well earned. </p>
<p>The cheating incident is a shame as it casts a black eye on the school that does not deserve it. The shadow should fall on the students involved. But we’ll have to see how HHS handles it now that it’s being played out so publicly.</p>