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Board seeks clarity after Taft Elementary Montessori decision; questions about student displacement and transportation
Summary
Board members pressed for clearer information about where Taft students would be assigned after the district approved a Montessori start-up and removed magnet status; superintendent said current pre-K–5 students can remain but transportation will change.
Board members at the Feb. 1 Cincinnati Public Schools meeting pressed administrators for clarity on how a proposed Montessori start at Taft Elementary would affect current students and transportation after the board's December actions.
The discussion began when a board member said she did not recall a definitive decision to convert Taft into a Montessori K–6 school and asked where the roughly 200 students at the school would be assigned. Several members said the December bundle left details unresolved.
Board member Weinberg said she did not believe the board had settled how students would be reassigned, arguing that simply telling families they could go…
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