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Parents and staff protest plan to place Yale program classrooms in DeMacy Elementary pod
Summary
Teachers and parents said a lease to house Yale program students in DeMacy Elementary's fourth/fifth-grade pod would displace classes and threaten the elementary student experience. The district says it committed to Yale and is seeking locations across its buildings; parents and staff called for reconsideration or temporary trailers.
Parents and teachers urged the Evesham Township Board of Education to reconsider a contract that would place Yale program classrooms in the fourth/fifth-grade pod at DeMacy Elementary School, saying the move would displace students and diminish the elementary-school experience.
During the meeting Doctor Smith and Mister Yates described an existing agreement with Yale to lease space at Evans and an ongoing effort to find district space when Yale needed to relocate from Medford. Doctor Smith said district planners identified three classrooms at Marlton Middle School for Yale middle-school classes and three classrooms in the fourth/fifth-grade pod at DeMacy for elementary Yale classes. “At this point, that’s how we’re planning to do it,” Doctor Smith said, describing the effort to keep…
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