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Coakley middle school plan: fifth grade platooning, trimester schedule and staffing needs outlined
Summary
Administration outlined enrollment projections and a revised middle‑school schedule for the new Coakley 5–8 school, including platooned fifth‑grade teams, trimesters, and added world language and STEM seats tied to requested FY26 staff.
District administrators presented enrollment analyses and a proposed schedule for the new Coakley Middle School and its incoming fifth graders, describing how staffing requests in the FY26 preliminary budget enable the planned program.
Doctor Pratjek (presenting the middle‑school analysis) said fifth‑grade classes will "travel together as a little pack" (a platoon model) with cohorts keeping the same homeroom and special classes together; she said the design envisions five‑grade class sizes of about 24 and common planning time for teachers. The administration…
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