• March 15, 2024

    A data-rich presentation was made to the Nashua Board of Education on Monday, March 11 about decisions impacting our middle schools, including redistricting enrollment, organizing teaching teams, and changing from a 7-period to 6-period day. Please click here for that presentation.

    Click here for the map that defines attendance boundary lines for middle schools, effective with the start of the 2024-2025 school year.

     

    January 30, 2024

    Please click here for the map that defines attendance boundary lines for the three middle schools, effective with the upcoming 2024-2025 school year.

    The Nashua Board of Education revised the map last night, changing only the boundary line for the neighborhood between Broad Street that runs south to the Nashua River; consequently, all Broad Street Elementary School students will now attend Pennichuck Middle School.

    The attendance boundary lines for high schools and for elementary schools are current and are not changing for the new school year.

    If you have questions about the middle school boundary lines, please email middleschoolproject@nashua.edu.

     

    September 18, 2023

    Please click here for an updated map that reflects the Board-approved adjustments for redistricting the school boundaries for the three middle schools: Fairgrounds Middle School, Pennichuck Middle School, and McCarthy Middle School. The map will take effect with the start of the 2024-2025 school year as Elm Street Middle School is closed and McCarthy Middle School opens.

    The Nashua Board of Education approved in late June to adopt the middle school Group D Scenario 2 redistricting plan, with an added adjustment of moving west the McCarthy Middle/Fairgrounds Middle boundary line in south Nashua from East Dunstable Road to New Searles Road. 

    June 9, 2023

    Jennifer Bishop, President of the Nashua Board of Education, presented revised redistricting plans at the Board meeting on June 5. Please see links below to view those plans:

    • Nashua BOE-Revised Middle School Redistricting Plan
    • Nashua BOE-Revised Elementary School Redistricting Plan

    May 23, 2023

    For your review and reference, please click here for a summary of notes taken at several meetings and forums held this month about redistricting.

    Also, for your reference, the summary of findings presented to the Nashua Board of Education from the redistricting consultant, Preston Smith of Business Information Systems, LLC.

    May 19, 2023

    Thank you to those who attended the community forums on redistricting these last few days. Your feedback is valuable.

    As Dr. Andrade noted at the forums, our work initially was about redistricting school boundary lines for our middle schools, as part of the middle school renovation and construction project. Then our focus turned to elementary schools to address inequities in boundary lines with the drop in enrollment over the last 10 years and because of the uneven class sizes across our elementary schools. We also convened a committee to review high school attendance boundaries. Here are the scenarios recommended to date (note search in upper left to look for a specific address):

    Elementary Redistricting Scenario 1

             and Data Summary

    Feedback Form Elementary 1

     

    Elementary Redistricting Scenario 2

              and Data Summary

    Feedback Form Elementary 2

     

    Middle Redistricting Scenario

              and Data Summary 

    Feedback Form Middle

     

    High School Redistricting Scenario: HS Redistricting Committee Recommends No Boundary Changes

     

    May 8, 2023

    In anticipation of the community forums next week, Dr. Andrade is sharing scenarios that the Redistricting Committees developed for further review and consideration:

    Elementary Redistricting Scenario 1

    Feedback Form Elementary Scenario 1

    Elementary Redistricting Scenario 2

    Feedback Form Elementary Scenario 2

    Middle Redistricting Scenario

    Feedback Form Middle

     

    High Redistricting Scenario: High School Redistricting Committee recommends no boundary changes

    April 18, 2023

    Dr. Andrade announced at the Nashua Board of Education meeting last night that he will be hosting three community forums on redistricting the week of May 15, and invites interested community members to attend one of the forums:

    • 4-5:30 pm, Monday, May 15 at Nashua HS North media center
    • 6-7:30 pm, Wednesday, May 17 at Fairgrounds Middle School cafeteria
    • 4-5:30 pm, Thursday, May 19 at Nashua HS South media center

    If you are unavailable to attend during that week and have questions about redistricting, please be sure to send an email to middleschoolproject@nashua.edu or send a message through the NSD Contact Us form.

    March 28, 2023

    Because of interest from local media following public comment at the 3.27.2023 Nashua Board of Education meeting, Dr. Andrade released today his comments from the 3.27.2023 Board meeting, sharing his comments that addressed the redistricting process. Please click here to read his comments.

    March 9, 2023

    Redistricting boundary lines for middle schools continues. During the course of developing a redistricting plan, questions were asked about current enrollment and enrollment projections. For reference, linked below are current enrollment, and 10-year enrollment projections prepared by Nashua Regional Planning Commission in February 2020.

    2022-2023 NSD Enrollment

    City of Nashua School Enrollment Projections 2017-2027

    City of Nashua School Enrollment Projections 2019-2029

    December 20, 2022

    Last night, the Nashua Board of Education approved the school district to negotiate a contract with Business Information Resources of Blue Springs, Missouri, based upon review of experience, capabilities, and price, estimated to be $47,985, to develop a redistricting plan for the middle schools. In general, the company will provide NSD with:

    • a demographic study of the district with a 10-year forecast
    • a redistricting plan with up to three options
    • meetings with NSD Administrators and the Redistricting Committee members
    • presentations to interested NSD stakeholders

     December 12, 2022

    The Nashua School District is redistricting boundaries* that define which of the three schools our middle school students will attend. Redistricting and redistributing middle school enrollment is an important part of the middle school project, creating greater opportunity and added resources for each middle school student, no matter which of the three middle schools the student attends. 

    *Click here for the RFP to solicit bids from companies that have the capacity to study City of Nashua demographics.

    Currently, NSD is finalizing a contract with a firm to develop three redistricting plans for consideration by the Redistricting Committee. It is anticipated that the Nashua Board of Education will approve the recommended firm at its December 19 meeting. In general, the selected firm will provide NSD with:

    • a demographic study of the district with a 10-year forecast
    • a redistricting plan with up to three options
    • meetings with NSD Administrators and the Redistricting Committee members
    • presentations to interested NSD stakeholders

    As you may know, the middle school project includes renovations at Fairgrounds Middle and Pennichuck Middle Schools, and the building of the McCarthy Middle School off Buckmeadow Road in southwest Nashua. Each middle school will be able to accommodate up to 800 students. Redistricting will balance enrollment between the three schools.

    Progress of the work of the Redistricting Committee will be reported on this page to keep those interested up-to-date. In the meantime, if you have questions, please send an email to middleschoolproject@nashua.edu.

     

     

     
Last Modified on March 15, 2024