Thoreau Elementary School

We’ve had children attend Willard Elementary for five years . This is a wonderful, warm environment that supports students in every way; social/emotional development and academics. They have an amazing reading progress team that will seek out areas of weakness and support students in small groups that may otherwise fall behind. I wish I could say they have the same setup for math services, but maybe one day in the future. The faculty and staff at Willard are wonderful (from front office to school counselors and specials teachers) and we feel very fortunate to have our children attend this school.

Our experience with NBS began coming out of COVID. Our then-5th grader had taken a hard hit in confidence and had newly diagnosed ADHD and existing high anxiety. We were hopeful that by moving her to a small private school, she'd have an easier time getting the attention she needed. However, despite countless meetings with administration and teachers (initiated by us), all we got were empty promises and platitudes. There seemed to be a school policy not to communicate with parents. Despite begging for information on how she was doing socially and academically, we got next to nothing. It became obvious that her teachers did not take her learning profile seriously, and in one instance, actively rejected it. Despite the tiny class sizes, our daughter's needs were ignored, and it fell to us to find external resources to keep her afloat. In our experience, Nashoba staff are great at making big promises, asking for money, and not much else. We wish we had stayed with public.