Allenstown Teachers Face Pay Cut | Concord News

Concord News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 28, 2026 · 1m

Allenstown voters rejected a revised teacher and paraprofessional pay deal by wide margins, locking in last year’s salaries for the upcoming school year. Despite a scaled-back proposal offering smaller raises and lower taxpayer costs, the outcome reflects growing resistance to rising property taxes — especially with state-owned land complicating the picture. Educators face a de facto pay cut as health insurance costs climb without salary increases to offset them, leading to staff departures and instability in a K-8 setting where continuity matters. The district now faces another year under…