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Public hearing on school choice: committee recommends four seats per grade; residents ask how school-choice revenue is used
Summary
At a public hearing the committee proposed four choice seats for grades 1— and 11; parents asked how school-choice tuition payments are applied to district programs and whether choice enrollment affects services for resident students.
The School Committee opened a public hearing on March 11 about the district—s school-choice seats and recommended keeping the number of open seats at four per grade in grades 1 through 11 for the coming year.
Procedure and recommendation: During the hearing the committee reiterated the recommendation that the district offer four seats in each grade (grades 1—) under the state school-choice program; the committee will formally vote on the choice policy at the next meeting as part of the hearing process.
Questions from the public: Residents asked for detail about how school-choice revenue is applied to…
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