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Parents and teachers urge board to reduce class sizes and reinstate surplus staff at eastside schools
Summary
Multiple parents, school staff and PTA leaders urged the Madison school board to change policy and budget choices to reduce class sizes—especially in second and third grade—and to reinstate surplus staff at several schools.
Parents, a classroom aide and PTA leaders told the Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education on April 28 that rising class sizes and early-season staff surplusing are harming students and urged the board to revise policy 3450 and approve budget amendments to return staff to classrooms.
"I urge you to take up policy 3450 to reduce max class sizes, and also pass board member Vander Meulen's budget amendments 1 through 5 that would reinstate surplus staff at our East neighborhood schools as well as La Follette and West," said Grace Van Berkel, a…
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