The Common
Dear Nashoba Community,
Annually, the Nashoba Regional School Committee must hold a public hearing and vote on whether the district will open seats within the school choice program which allows students from other districts to attend our district. On Wednesday evening, the Nashoba Regional School Committee voted to close school choice in selected grades, while also allowing school choice to be open but limited in other grades. They based their decision on the data presented at the school committee meeting on April 12th as well as the School Choice Hearing on April 26th. You can view the memo presented to the committee as well as the presentation at the School Choice Hearing by viewing the meeting materials of the school committee. In addition, you can view the video recording of those meetings to learn about the detail of discussion that was considered.
To ensure a responsible reentry into the school choice arena, the committee voted to recommend limiting school choice to no more than four students per grade in each school as long as those grades did not exceed the class size standards for school choice. The table below illustrates the maximum number of students that can be accepted through school choice at each location. Red represents the grades which are closed and green represents the grades that are open and the number of students that can possibly be accepted at those grades. Blue represents the total at each grade level across the school system.
Nashoba Notables... An Update
Last fall, we launched an initiative to provide a venue for anyone in our community to thank a Nashoba employee for all that they do, in great ways and in small. We called that initiative, the Nashoba Notable. Since September, over 220 Nashoba Notables have been delivered to Nashoba employees. Students, families, and community members have participated by taking a few minutes out of their day to stop and just say "thank you." In doing so, they have made an impact. Our Nashoba community works tirelessly to serve our students and recognziing them with a small gesture of just a few words has made a difference. If you haven't yet had an opportunity to submit a Nashoba Notable and would like to, it's easy! Click on this link. The form is short and the impact significant. There is no limit to the number of Notables you can submit and no limit on how many Notables an employee may receive. Thank you for helping us remind our Nashoba employees they make a difference!
