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Higher kindergarten enrollment prompts Westwood to add sections and move a classroom reduction to Sheehan
Summary
Superintendent reported unexpected enrollment increases at Downey and Martha Jones kindergartens and recommended adding a section at each school; to remain budget neutral the district will reallocate turnover savings, shift one IA and reduce one elementary classroom at Sheehan (grade 5).
The Westwood School Committee heard on June 12 that kindergarten enrollment at Downey and Martha Jones exceeded budgeted projections and that the district plans to add a kindergarten classroom at each school for fall 2025.
Superintendent Tim Puawar told the committee that adding two kindergarten sections — one at Downey and one at Martha Jones — would cost roughly $230,000 (two teachers at about…
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