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Parents say planned South Avenue first‑grade consolidation will raise class sizes; superintendent outlines staffing and intervention steps
Summary
A parent and petition of nearly 300 community members urged the board to keep South Avenue first-grade classes small; district leadership explained enrollment tracking, new intervention staff and monitoring plans and said the board could revisit the topic at a future meeting.
A Beacon parent and petition organizer told the Board of Education that 40 first-graders at South Avenue Elementary are scheduled to move from three classes into two this fall, which the parent said would raise class sizes from about 13–14 to more than 20 and could harm early reading development.
Matt Casey, who identified himself as a parent and organizer for nearly…
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