On April 30, 2026, Strafford County Superior Court granted a preliminary injunction to prevent SchoolCare from stopping the payment of healthcare claims for the Dover School District.
Attorney Anthony Carr from Shaheen & Gordon, representing Superintendent Dr. Christine Boston, issues the following statement in response to this order.
This is a huge victory for the Dover School District and Dr. Boston. It is no small feat to secure a preliminary injunction and clearly shows the merit of our case against SchoolCare.
SchoolCare forced towns and school districts across this state to pay an almost $30-million-dollar ransom – just to ensure our educators and other district personnel could maintain the healthcare coverage that they were already guaranteed under contract. Many teachers and staff were laid off as a direct result of SchoolCare’s bad faith conduct, and town budgets across the state were thrown into crisis.
Before Dover and Dr. Boston secured this legal victory, 89 towns and districts in New Hampshire had been forced to pay SchoolCare’s ransoms under duress for a sum total of approximately $28.7 million dollars. First and foremost, I salute Dover, its counsel, and Dr. Boston for having the strength and courage to stand up to SchoolCare.
This order recognizes that all 89 of those towns and districts may have legal rights to recoup those funds and redeploy them for the betterment of their communities and children, including going toward educational services and staffing. I hope that other towns and school districts will follow the lead of Dover and Dr. Boston and stand up to SchoolCare and demand what’s right.
Please contact Attorney Carr with further questions.
You can find the court order here and the plaintiff’s lawsuit here.
