By Ann Needle
Call this the “year of the space” at Nashoba Regional High School, as administration continues to grapple with how to handle more people in an overcrowded building — and even in the parking lots. But the bigger story as school opens September 2 may be who is actually leaving NRHS. One of the biggest changes in personnel will be who is greeting everyone in the front office next week.
By Jess Thomas
“Tom, there were a lot of great applicants this year, and you made the team,” were the words that Tom Bunnell, a Stow native and Nashoba High senior, heard at Fenway Park back in May.
By Ann Needle
In an off-schedule meeting last Thursday, the Stow Board of Selectmen unofficially agreed to let the current plans go forward for building a new Minuteman High School.
By Ann Needle
The Planning Board continued to debate the Collings Foundation’s case last week to override town bylaws and build a museum on the property.
By Ann Needle
At last Wednesday’s Nashoba Tri-Town meeting in Lancaster, town and school administrators heard what Nashoba Regional High School needs right now to help alleviate overcrowding. The Nashoba Space Task Force, however, stressed that longer-term planning also remains crucial.
By Ann Needle
The issues of the last school year were the focus of Wednesday’s Nashoba School Committee meeting.
By Ann Needle
The Underage Substance Abuse Forum at Nashoba Regional High School last Wednesday was timely, given the drug-related emergency at a post-prom party last month. The over 100 Nashoba parents, administrators, and staff attending seemed focused on not only recognizing the signs of substance abuse, but in wanting to know what the high school is doing to keep drugs off its campus.
By Ann Needle
After an incident involving Nashoba Regional High School prom-goers, three juveniles—including a Stow resident — face criminal charges for drug distribution. And, the high school’s three towns are now on alert over a dangerous drug making its way into the community.
By Ann Needle
At last Thursday’s Nashoba Space Task Force meeting, the district detailed what it might cost to keep the Nashoba Regional High School building running in the next several years. Charged with identifying what should be done to expand and update an overcrowded NRHS, the task force also took time to look at what the district could do beyond the basics.
By Ann Needle
Last Wednesday’s (May 6) Nashoba School Committee meeting was primarily devoted to looking at risky behavior among local teens, measured by results from Emerson Hospital’s latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey. These results offered some good news, but also pointed to several crucial areas calling for attention.