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Parents urge Quincy School Committee to return fifth grade to elementary schools in Quincy Point and West Quincy
Summary
Multiple parents used the Open Forum to urge the committee to stop placing fifth graders in middle schools for Quincy Point and West Quincy, citing difficult transitions, bullying incidents, and equity concerns.
At the April 9 regular meeting of the Quincy School Committee, multiple parents used the Open Forum to call for returning fifth grade to elementary schools in parts of the city that currently send fifth graders to middle schools.
“Fifth graders belong in elementary school. Let’s put them back,” parent Laura Moy told the committee, recounting her daughter’s difficult transition and a separate family’s experience in which a fifth grader said to have had access to…
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