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Derry administrators review class-size data, warn of funding swings from special education and EFAs
Summary
Administrators presented class-size comparisons from eight neighboring districts, recommended formal class-size policy work, and warned that special-education volatility and Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs) have reduced state adequacy funding (Derry reported a $45,374.60 adequacy loss).
District administrators presented a short analysis of classroom sizes from eight neighboring districts and urged the board to consider a formal class-size policy to provide guardrails for staffing decisions.
"These are actually true class-size numbers," Assistant Superintendent Joe Crawford said, explaining the spreadsheet collected direct counts from neighboring districts rather than state staff-to-student ratios. Crawford and Superintendent Michael Flynn…
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