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Falmouth School Committee hears plan to move eighth grade to high school campus; officials promise multi-year rollout
Summary
District leaders proposed locating eighth grade on the Falmouth High School campus to expand academic acceleration and extracurricular access, while acknowledging parent safety and logistics concerns and pledging forums and a multi-year implementation plan.
Falmouth school administrators presented a proposal to reconfigure the Lawrence School so eighth-grade students would be based on the Falmouth High School campus, saying the change could expand academic acceleration and extracurricular opportunities for younger students.
Alan Harris, principal, said the plan envisions eighth grade "happening at the high school campus," not simply sending 14-year-olds into the high-school program, and stressed the district would use a planned three-year timeline to…
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