Nashoba Regional High School student set to return to full, in-classroom learning April 26

BOLTON - Nashoba Regional School District Superintendent Brooke Clenchy recently announced that Nashoba Regional High School students will return to full in-classroom learning on Monday, April 26.

Students will still have the option to continue remote learning through the end of the year.

“District faculty and staff have been hard at work for months in preparation for high school students to safely return to the classroom,” Clenchy said. “Our focus now will be to ensure that students who choose to return can learn in a productive setting that follows public health best practices for preventing the spread of COVID-19. We are excited that all of our students will have the choice to finish the school year in-person.”

The plan to welcome high school students back to campus full-time will see students follow an early release schedule for the first three days of full in-person learning from April 26 to 28.

On Thursday, April 29, students will begin full-day, in-person learning. In order to ensure a safe transition to full-time in-person learning, the high school will follow infection mitigation strategies that adhere to public health best practices, including social distancing and accessibility to BinaxNow rapid testing.

Families may still opt for a remote learning model through the end of this school year, and students who are learning from home under that option, or who may be quarantined due to exposure or illness, will follow the same schedule as in-person students.

There will no longer be asynchronous schoolwork, as all classes will be live-streamed.

Parents had until March 29 to respond to a survey to elect in-person or remote learning, and those who filled out a survey already, but wanted to change their answers based on this new information, were able to do so.

“The faculty and staff at Nashoba Regional High School are looking forward to this transition that will make the school day resemble more closely what it was before March 2020,” said Interim Principal Steve Cullinane. “While the last 12 months have been challenging, the commitment of faculty and staff to educating our students – and the cooperation of students and families – has ensured that we could continue to foster an environment conducive to learning and growth.”

The district previously announced that K-8 students in the district will transition from the current hybrid model to full in-classroom learning on Monday, April 5. Families of those students were also given the option to continue in the remote learning model through the end of this school year.