The Nashoba Regional School District is a PreK-Grade 12 School District that serves the town of Bolton, Stow and Lancaster, in Massachusetts. This school district is known in the area for being quite good, and there are quite a few school choice kids who come from neighboring town such as Hudson, Leominster, Clinton, and Berlin.
On this page you'll find some info about the buildings, although I can't provide much information, as I don't have that many sources (besides, this is a bus fleet site, not a school history site).
This page only has info about currently open schools, not prior schools (with the exception of Pompositticut)
The way the scheduling works with the buses is the following: There are two "tiers" of start/end times for the school day (note I came up with the use for "tier" in this situation, and as far as I can tell, it's not used officially). The first "tier" is Luther Burbank Middle School, Hale Middle School, and Nashoba Regional High School. In these schools, the school day starts at 7:45 AM and goes until 2:15 PM. The second "tier" is Mary Rowlandson Elementary School, The Center School, and Florence Sawyer School. In these schools, the school day starts at 8:35 AM and goes until 3:05 PM. Each bus route does one first tier route, along with one second tier route. Some buses also do half-day kindergarten routes (NOTE: don't trust this site yet for info about what buses do these routes, as I have very little information on these). AM half-day Kindergarten arrives at school at 8:35 on the standard routes, and get picked up from school at 11:35. PM half-day Kindergarten routes are dropped off at the school at 12:05 and go home at 3:05 on the standard bus routes. About once per month the district will have a half-day so the afternoon can be used for teacher-training type stuff. This generally happens on a Friday. On these days, the first "tier" goes home at 11:30 AM and the second "tier" goes home at 12:15 PM. Also, only AM half-day kindergarten happens on these days, and the kindergarteners go home with the rest of the kids at 12:15 PM.
This is the middle school for Lancaster, built in 1974. It was originally known as the Lancaster Middle School until its renovation in 2002. Prior to 1974, K-8 students attended the Memorial School and the Center School (NOT to be confused with the current Center School in Stow). The school opened for grades 5-8 originally. In 2000, a building project began to build the Mary Rowlandson elementary school (see below) that would be attached to the current Middle School. At this time, the school was renovated for grades 6-8, and was renamed the Luther Burbank Middle School, after a famous botanist/geneticist who was born in Lancaster. While the school was under renovation, grade 5-8 students attended Mary Rowlandson before grades PreK-4 would move in. The newly renovated school opened in 2002 for grades 6-8. (source: http://burbank.nrsd.net/index.php?id=5) This school is marked as LBM on bus routes.
Opened in early 2002, the school's first occupants were everybody who was in Luther Burbank (grades 5-8) while that school underwent renovations. On September 2, 2002, the school opened for grades PreK-5, and Luther Burbank opened for grades 6-8. This school also gets the award for the longest school name in the District. (source: http://rowlandson.nrsd.net/index.php?id=240) This School is marked as MRE on bus routes.
The Original Center School was built in 1955. By the early-mid 200s it was host to grades 3-5 in stow, while Pompositticut school was PreK-2. In 2012 it underwent a massive expansion, and now houses PreK-5 in Stow. (source: here) This school is marked as CENTER on bus routes.
The Hale Middle School was built in 1964 (possibly to replace the pilot grove school? It's hard to tell with the only source I have), to house grades 6-8. It got an expansion in 1997. (source: Here) This school is marked as HALE on bus routes.
Even though this school isn't open anymore, it still deserves a mention because it was very recently closed. This school, built in 1971, used an Open Space School format. The school was possibly built because the Center School was overcrowding (this is a guesstimate, I don't have any real sources for this). It was closed in 2012 when the new expanded Center School opened. It is, however, still standing. It's unknown what will become of the building. (source for opening date: Here)
Even though Bolton is the smallest town in size and population, it serves as the leader of the district. It's sandwiched in between the other two towns, with Stow to the east and Lancaster to the west.
The Emerson School was opened in 1923, and was donated by Edward Emerson, as a memorial to his wife and daughter, who were killed in the sinking of the Titanic. The School was expanded in 1952, and again in 1971. The 1971 expansion was single story, and used the same Open Space School format that Pompositticut used. The expansion also came with a new Gymnasium/Cafeteria. The 1971 expansion was later modified with walls and actual classrooms, however I'm unsure if this happened before or after Florence Sawyer School was built. See the Florence Sawyer section below for continued info on both buildings. sources (http://www.townofbolton.com/pages/BoltonMA_TownHistory/current)
The Florence Sawyer School was opened in 1997 (I believe), and was meant to replace the Emerson School. It was built in the woods behind Emerson, and Mechanic Street was extended to meet the school. The school, however, was a victim of poor planning. The school was built smaller than originally intended, and within a few/couple (not sure) years, Emerson school was put back to use, because not all the grades could fit as the towns population expanded. The school was also stupidly built without air conditioning, making it EXTREMELY hot in June/September (especially on the second floor). Ironically, (at least at this point) the 1971 expansion of Emerson does have air conditioning. Nowadays the school has a rather convoluted arrangement, with Florence Sawyer housing grades K-2 and 5-8, while PreK, 3, and 4 were pushed back over to Emerson. The 1971 expansion of Emerson is in use for the grades that got pushed over, while the older parts of Emerson are used for the main Nashoba Regional School District Offices. There's a path linking the school's which is used often by the 3&4 graders to get to/from specials and Lunch/Recess. The School was named after Florence Sawyer, a citizen of Bolton who apparently did some special thing related to kids in Bolton (we as students have been told this, however it has escaped my mind and I can't find the info on the internet.) Both Emerson and Sawyer are operated as one school, with the same administrating staff. The phone systems are linked, however the PA system is not. The gymnasiums in both schools are used, as are the computer labs, however the gym at Emerson is no longer used as a cafeteria as Sawyer was built with a separate cafeteria. The Buses operate in "waves" with wave 1 being buses: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, and 29. Wave 2 is buses: 7, 19, 25, 27, and 28. Wave 1 starts drops off/picks up at Sawyer first, while Wave 2 drops off/picks up at Emerson first. Both Sawyer and Emerson is marked as SAWYER on bus routes, because the bus routes are shared.
Finally, we get to the top level of the district. The Nashoba Regional High School is where all students, grades 9-12, go to school from all three towns. The school was built in 1961, and a large expansion was added in 1974. This building is two story in some parts and single story in other parts. The school has two gymnasiums. The school is quite large. From it's position, you would think that it's address would be on Main Street, but it actually has a Green Road address. Many buses serve this school from the "first tier", sometimes serving a different town then their "second tier" routes. When this school was built, it replaced a few smaller high schools, and served all three towns, even though the district (NRSD) had not been created yet. This school is marked as NRHS on bus routes. Also, the bus routes names to/from this school indicate what town the bus serves.