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Parents say sudden breakup of Hulsing split class pushed third grades to 30 students
Summary
Several Hulsing Elementary parents told the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools board that a third-/fourth-grade split class was dissolved two weeks after school began, leaving three third-grade classrooms with about 30 students each and prompting calls for a new teacher and greater transparency from district administration.
Several parents of Hulsing Elementary students told the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools Board of Education on Tuesday that a district decision to dissolve a third-/fourth-grade split classroom has left third-grade classes overcrowded and disrupted students’ routines.
“Thirty students in one class is simply too many,” said Sarah Fish, a parent of a third-grader at Hulsing, addressing the board during the citizens comment period. Fish said the district’s collective-bargaining agreement with the Plymouth-Canton Education Association (PCEA) lists 25 students as the desirable…
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