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School committee holds first reading on buffer‑zone attendance policy, schedules further review
Summary
The committee held first reading of a JC attendance-areas 'buffer zone' policy to allow administrators to assign new enrollees (primarily kindergarten) to different schools to ease capacity pressures; the policy was tabled for more public outreach and scheduled for further discussion and action in late February/March.
The Woburn School Committee conducted a first reading of a proposed JC attendance-areas policy — described during the meeting as a "buffer zone" policy — that would give district administration authority to create buffer zones and redirect primarily newly enrolling kindergarten students when individual schools face material capacity issues.
Vice Chair Crowley introduced the policy as a measure intended to avoid moving large numbers…
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