APPEAL OF ALTON SCHOOL DIST.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kidder & Burke, of Laconia (Bradley F. Kidder on the brief and orally), for petitioner Alton School District and respondent Rochester School Board.

Steven R. Sacks, of Concord, staff attorney, NEA-New Hampshire, by brief and orally, for respondents Alton Teachers Association, Conway Education Association, and Conway Educational Support Personnel Association.

Krasner Professional Association, of Farmington (Emmanuel Krasner on the brief and orally), for petitioner Rochester Federation of Teachers.

Jay C. Boynton, of Andover, by brief and orally, for petitioner Conway School District.

Craig, Wenners, Craig & Casinghino, of Manchester (Vincent A. Wenners, Jr. on the brief), for respondent American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees.

Hastings Law Office, P.A., of Fryeburg, Maine (Gregory A. Weimer and Peter G. Hastings on the brief), for Town of Conway, as amicus curiae.

Theodore E. Comstock, of Concord, by brief, for New Hampshire School Boards Association, as amicus curiae.

Robert Christy, of Manchester, for respondent Conway Administrators Association, filed no brief.