"Three years ago, Rep. Jonah Wheeler was finishing his senior year at ConVal Regional High School in Peterborough. Ten minutes down the road, his friends in Jaffrey were wrapping up theirs at Conant Middle High School.

While Wheeler received “good opportunities” at a “good school,” he said his friends at Conant had far fewer programs which negatively impacted school culture.

Earlier this year, Wheeler, 21, a Peterborough Democrat and one of the youngest members in the House, sponsored a bill that he says would address the disparity between ConVal and Conant and provide what advocates argue is desperately needed state money for underfunded school districts across the state."