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Parents urge board to clarify accelerated math criteria and curriculum choices; callers question reading materials and math resources
Summary
Multiple parents used public comment to press the Newington Board of Education for more transparency about changes to accelerated-math placement and recent curriculum choices for reading and math; commenters asked for written plans for students who just missed qualification thresholds and for clarity on curricular adoption processes.
Three parents addressed the Newington Board of Education Sept. 10 to express concern about recent changes to accelerated‑math offerings and to criticize the district's reading and elementary math curricula.
Dana Havens of 113 Stoddard Avenue said she received a letter from the board chair that parents understood to indicate accelerated math would be offered only in seventh grade for the coming year and said the letter’s distribution suggested it came from the chair alone rather than the full board. Havens said the district’s placement practice — relying on a grade and an SBAC score — left some students who “missed the cut” without…
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