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North Middlesex committee rejects kindergarten fee; authorizes DESE waiver request for class-size limits if needed
Summary
The North Middlesex Regional School Committee voted Wednesday not to charge families for full‑day kindergarten in the coming school year and separately authorized Superintendent Brad Morgan to petition DESE for a one‑year waiver to exceed the state 25‑student kindergarten class‑size regulation if necessary.
The North Middlesex Regional School Committee voted Wednesday not to charge families for full‑day kindergarten in the coming school year and separately authorized Superintendent Brad Morgan to petition the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for a one‑year waiver to exceed the state kindergarten class‑size regulation (25 students) if needed.
Committee members said affordability and equity were central to their vote and that a countywide petition to DESE would be a contingency, not a guarantee of larger classes.
The waiver request would allow the district to exceed DESE’s 25‑student guideline for kindergarten sections on a one‑year, district‑hardship basis if registration…
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