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Committee discusses intervention criteria, class-size trade-offs and budget timing
Summary
School committee members pressed administration for more detail about intervention screening, group sizes and class-size implications after program consolidations; administration said new MTSS criteria narrowed the pool of students receiving pull-out interventions and noted continuing monitoring.
School committee members probed how budget reductions and program changes affect student intervention services and class sizes, asking administration for more detail about the district's multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS), screening criteria, group sizes and the trade-offs implicit in hiring or reassigning staff.
What was discussed
Committee members asked for comparative data on how many students previously received intervention services versus those who qualify under the district's revised screening protocol. Administration said it changed its criteria to use universal screeners (DIBELS and i-Ready) as a primary guide and to follow national MTSS norms: a strong tier 1 should cover most students, tier 2 should be a smaller targeted group, and tier 3 targeting should be narrow. The administration reported a snapshot number of 204 elementary students receiving targeted intervention services at the time of the presentation.
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