Resources and Reports
Keene Elementary Restructuring Steering Committee documents
Click here to download Minutes from the 1/23/12 Steering Committee Meeting
Click here to download a breakdown of the Grade Span Options being considered by the Steering Committee
Presentation and handouts from the Keene Board of Education Community Forum - November 30, 2011
Click here to download Mr. Wayne Woolridge's Powerpoint presentation.
Click here to download the Grade Span handout.
Click here to download the Why Not Four Schools k-5 handout.
The Keene School District Administration's Recommendation - October 25, 2011
Mr. Wayne Woolridge's recommendation to the Keene Board of Education regarding which school to close and how grades would be assigned to the remaining four schools beginning with the 2014 school year.
Final Recommendation of the Keene Elementary Ad Hoc Committee to the Keene Board of Education - June 14, 2011
Architect's Final Report
At the Ad Hoc Committee's request, the Keene Board of Education authorized Marinace Architects to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the condition and needs of each of our city's five elementary buildings.Click here to download Marinace Architects' FInal Report (PDF), which was completed in Spring 2011.
Administrative Task Force and other Keene School District Information
The Administrative Task Force met throughout the fall of 2009. The work of that group led to the formation of the Elementary Ad Hoc Committee.
Complete Administrative Task Force Report
Slides that accompany the Administrative Task Force Report
Elementary Ad Hoc Committee Charge
Information on the Wheelock Preschool
SERESC report on Elementary Education in Keene, including Special Education
Executive Summary Only of the SERESC report on Elementary Education
Information Gathered from other NH school districts
Check here for information on how some other districts are addressing educational issues and challenges.
Excerpt from Concord NH school district master plan
Concord Elementary Project website
Keene Community Visioning Process
In the spring of 2008, Keene began a long-term community visioning process, elements of which relate to education. For more information, see: http://www.ci.keene.nh.us/departments/planning/master-plan-process/cmp-2008-vision
Educational References made in Keene's Community Visioning Document
Educational Research
How the World's Best Performing School Systems Come out on Top (2007, McKinsey and Company)
Class Size: What Research Says and What it Means for State Policy (May 2011, Brookings Institute)
Do Class Size Reductions Raise Students' Test Scores (2010, University of Minnesota)
Are Teacher Effects Larger in Small Classes (2010, Michigan State)
Reducing Class Size: What do we Know (1999)
Class Size: Counting Students can Count (2003, Hanushek)
Findings from an Independent Investigation of the Tennessee STAR Experiment (1999, Hanushek)
Grade Span Information and Reports
Kenai Peninsula Grade Span Configuration study
Wren Study on grade configuration, school transitions and achievement
Grade Span Information and Links
Grade Span: Who Goes Where (1997 report by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory)
Grade Span Configuration: A report of the Hopkinton, MA school district
District DOE 25 Reports (08-09)