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Weston administrators recommend holding to two‑teacher grade‑5 teams as enrollment models favor 8 sections
Summary
Administrators urged the board to preserve the two-teacher grade‑5 dyad model and recommended maintaining 8 sections under medium enrollment projections; board members debated equity, class-size tradeoffs and the operational difficulty a 7‑section (odd) outcome would create.
Weston administrators told the Board of Education that retaining the district’s two-teacher grade‑5 teaming dyad provides instructional and social-emotional benefits, and they recommended preserving eight sections under the district’s medium enrollment projection rather than moving to 6 or a triad model.
Tina and Jen DiMico reviewed the district’s history: Weston transitioned to the two-teacher dyad in 2018–19 to ensure consistent science instruction after the state…
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