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Committee debates middle-school —5-groups—53 configuration; amendment proposed to keep 2-person teams in fifth grade
Summary
Committee members and administrators debated creating a single three-teacher team in fifth grade to lower class sizes; a motion to reassign a middle-school math interventionist to fifth grade was proposed but not resolved before the final budget vote.
Committee discussion focused at length on a proposed operational configuration at the middle school that would create one three-teacher team in both fifth and sixth grades to mitigate class size.
The superintendent (Dr. Cherchek) and Middle School Principal Lisa Oliver reviewed enrollment projections and staffing scenarios during the meeting. They said the recommended staffing would yield 15 sections across the two grade levels, producing projected class sizes of about 23.3 in grade 5 and 24.2 in grade 6 under the 3-person-team plan; a strictly 2-person-team plan was…
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