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Parents press board to restore accelerated middle‑school math; board members call for more disaggregated data
Summary
Parents urged the Montgomery Township School District Board of Education to restore a double‑accelerated middle‑school math pathway; district staff and some trustees said curriculum changes were based on prior reviews and student‑level data, while other trustees pressed for broader, disaggregated growth reports to inform future decisions.
Parents and several board members clashed Tuesday over recent changes to the district's middle‑school math pathways and whether the district has supplied sufficient data to justify those changes.
At public comment, Balaji Neshwaran, identifying himself as a Montgomery resident and parent, urged the board to reinstate a “double‑accelerated” math program that allowed some students to begin algebra earlier and progress more quickly through high‑school math. "By removing the double accelerated program, you didn't take away a class. You took away opportunity," Neshwaran said.
The board heard a defense of the district's process from Fiona Borland, director of curriculum, instruction and staff development, who said curriculum change recommendations presented previously were based on…
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