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Parents press Portland schools to keep Fabian fourth‑grade classrooms intact, warn class‑size impacts on students with disabilities
Summary
Parents and caregivers told the committee that a proposed collapse of fourth‑grade classrooms at Fabian Elementary would hurt students with disabilities and undermine neighborhood school equity; district staff said it kept three classrooms after community meetings.
Several parents from the Fabian Elementary community told the committee Sept. 18 they were alarmed by a proposed consolidation that would have reduced three fourth‑grade classrooms to two and said the district’s calculation for class caps did not reflect student needs.
"My daughter Marlo struggles with profound dyslexia and has been on an IEP since first grade," parent Sarah Dillon said. Dillon described a previous year with 33 students in third grade and said smaller classes this year have improved her daughter’s learning and well‑being. "It…
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