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Curriculum committee backs master-schedule exceptions; district to replace Schoology with Google Classroom
Summary
The curriculum committee reviewed and supported exceptions to the high school master schedule, plans to split a double ELA block in grades 7–8, and recommended replacing Schoology with Google Classroom next school year; a messaging vendor is still under consideration.
The Montville Board’s curriculum committee reported support for several schedule changes and instructional adjustments for the coming year, including exceptions to the high school master schedule and proposed changes at the middle-school level.
The committee reviewed the 2025–26 high school master schedule with particular attention to exceptions to the district’s class-size policy and supported those exceptions to allow specific programmatic opportunities. Committee members said the schedule remains early in the process and enrollment numbers could change before the school year begins.
For the middle schools, administrators recommended splitting the double ELA block in grades 7 and 8 to improve flexibility and reduce the number of 1:6 stipends for ELA teachers. At sixth grade, the schedule will remain configured to support the Amplify program. The committee also discussed kindergarten and first-grade ICR resource arrangements and options for combining pull-out resource students so class sizes are not limited to one or two students per building.
Administrators told the committee that the district will replace Schoology with Google Classroom next school year after faculty feedback strongly favored Google Classroom. The district said it has not yet selected a messaging vendor to pair with Google Classroom and is continuing vendor review. Board members were offered an opportunity to visit other schools with stricter cell-phone policies and to observe lunch and hallway operations as part of the district’s review of phone policy and middle-school sports matters.
The committee also noted an upcoming need to fill the Mandarin-teacher vacancy at Lazar Middle School after Romaine Chang announced retirement; administrators said they will pursue a replacement for that position.
Board members praised curriculum staff for the depth of work behind the master-schedule review. “She has such a handle on our programs,” a board member said of Ms. Woodring, who led the schedule review.
No formal vote on the master-schedule exceptions or the platform change was recorded in the portion of the transcript covering the committee report; the items were presented as committee recommendations for further action and implementation planning.
