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Freeport Middle School schedule proposal would shift eighth-grade language to Spanish; teachers and parents raise equity and continuity concerns
Summary
Administrators proposed a new 6–8 schedule that makes Spanish a core eighth-grade class and reduces seventh-grade language options; teachers and parents warned about staffing, continuity, larger unified-arts classes and loss of French for some students.
Freeport Middle School administrators presented a multi-part schedule redesign to the RSU 5 board on Feb. 4 intended to protect instructional time while absorbing planned budget reductions. The plan calls for sixth- and seventh-grade daily 50-minute core periods and an eighth-grade rotation with extended 60-minute blocks that meet classes two out of three days, while reallocating minutes to prioritize social studies and high-school language readiness.
Pam, one of the presenting administrators, said the redesign maintains class sizes "below the threshold set forth by policy" and allows the district to "offer a strong product despite the proposed budget cuts." She described…
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