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Cromwell to pilot departmentalized schedule for 4th–5th grades next year; administration to notify families
Summary
District leaders outlined a fall 2025 pilot that splits the 4th‑ and 5th‑grade day between two teachers, adds a guaranteed personalized learning time for students receiving interventions, and will run for two years pending review of student outcomes and feedback.
Cromwell School District administrators told the board they plan to pilot a departmentalized schedule for grades 4 and 5 beginning fall 2025 that will split the school day between two teachers and include a guaranteed personalized learning time for students receiving MTSS or special‑education supports.
Mrs. Binnington, who presented the plan, described a model in which “the first 3 hours of the day would be with 1 teacher ... doing grammar, vocabulary, the read aloud, and all of the math instruction,” and students would then switch after lunch to a second teacher who would “be doing all of the writing and all of the reading.” She said the model is intended to increase targeted coaching time…
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