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Suffern Central reports gains and remaining gaps one year after elementary restructuring
Summary
At its Oct. 28 board meeting, the Suffern Central School District presented a post-restructuring update saying curriculum, special education and bilingual offerings are now more consistent across elementary schools, while extracurricular programming, universal pre-K and transportation still need work.
Suffern Central School District Superintendent Dr. Gunderson told the Board of Education on Oct. 28 that the district's one-year post-restructuring review shows clear gains in consistency of programming but also persistent gaps in extracurriculars, universal pre-kindergarten and transportation.
At the regular meeting in the district boardroom, Gunderson said aligned curricula such as CKLA are now implemented uniformly across elementary buildings and that special-education services no longer require students to travel to a single school. "Every school has the same type of program across the district," Gunderson said, noting that students now generally remain in their neighborhood schools with peers and familiar teachers.
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