Oyster River Cooperative School District (ORCSD) is a public school district in Durham, New Hampshire, United States, serving the towns of Durham, Lee, Madbury, and Barrington.
Durham is home to the main campus of the University of New Hampshire.
[1] One of the first cooperative school districts established in the state of New Hampshire in 1954, ORCSD has a history of progressive educational philosophy, including heterogenous grouping and differentiated instruction.
[2] ORCSD consists of four schools: Dr. Robert Shaps, Superintendent, 2024 - present The school board for the Oyster River Cooperative School District consists of seven members, elected through a ballot vote in early march of each year.
[8][2][9][10] In 2018, the School Board voted to adopt Indigenous Peoples' Day on the second Monday of October and is now using the term Columbus Day, as mandated by NH House Bill 1014.