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Parents, PTO protest Kingston board’s June 4 decision to end Montessori program at George Washington Elementary
Summary
Several parents and PTO representatives told the Kingston City School District board during public comment that the June 4 decision to end the Montessori program at George Washington Elementary School was based on incorrect data and lacked public input; they urged reinstatement, release of a consultant report and classroom-level performance data.
Members of the Kingston City School District Board of Education heard multiple public commenters formally protest the board’s June 4 decision to end the Montessori program at George Washington Elementary School (GW) and asked the board to reinstate classrooms and release underlying reports.
The protest came during the board’s public comment period, when a letter signed by PTO leaders and parents was read into the record and multiple speakers urged the board to reverse the June 4 decision or at least preserve four Montessori classrooms this fall. “We are formally protesting the decision of the Board of Education on June 4 to end the Montessori program at George Washington Elementary School,” a PTO representative said, asking that the board release the consultant report…
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