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Board hears extended discussion on elementary class sizes; district outlines hotspots and short-term options
Summary
Board members, parents and the superintendent discussed rising elementary class sizes at several schools, with Superintendent Heath presenting enrollment data and options including adding sections, shifting sections between grade levels, and deploying additional support staff or aides; no final policy vote was taken.
Parents, board members and district administrators spent a major portion of the Aug. 14 Mentor Exempted Village Board of Education meeting discussing elementary class sizes and possible short-term responses for the 2025–26 school year.
Superintendent Mr. Heath presented updated enrollment data based on the district’s most recent enrollment reports and highlighted several “hot spots” the district is monitoring: Hopkins (fourth and fifth grades), Bellflower (first grade), Morton (kindergarten, first and third), and Ridge (fifth). Heath said Hopkins currently has 80 students total across fourth and fifth grades and that gifted pull-outs significantly affect how many students are physically present in a classroom at any one time: at Hopkins, 29 of the 80 fifth-grade students are designated gifted and…
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