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Parents at CEC District 28 say class-size funding did not produce promised classes; council to follow up
Summary
Parents at CEC District 28 said class-size funding did not produce new classes at some schools, leaving kindergarten and early grades overcrowded and prompting calls for an immediate district review.
Parents at the Community Education Council District 28 meeting on Oct. 9 told council members they are seeing a gap between class-size funding commitments and what families are experiencing in classrooms.
"We was told that the class we had applied for the class size law. We got the class size law, and we had 6 positions…then kindergarten wound up being packed through capacity," Toshiba Williams, a parent and SLT member, said during public comment, describing classrooms with more than 20 students and a lack of additional sections the school had expected.
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