Duxbury High principal says budget override failure would cut electives, supports and increase class sizes

Jen Cotton Herman, principal of Duxbury High School, said in a recorded public comment that failure of a proposed budget override would force cuts to elective courses, limit co-curricular activities, increase class sizes and reduce access to guidance counselors during the summer, directly affecting students' ability to access teachers and college application support.

Herman told listeners the override is intended to preserve what she called “real needs funding” that supports classroom sizes, academic and social-emotional programs and elective…