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Parents and educators press Holliston on transparency, teacher input for middle‑school placement
Summary
At the March 26 meeting a retired educator urged clearer placement criteria and more teacher input for middle‑school math and science; administrators described an option that would open one honors science section but warned that high IEP percentages in the cohort could trigger DESE/IDEA concerns.
A retired Holliston educator urged the school committee on March 26 to provide clearer placement criteria and restore meaningful teacher input into accelerated math and science placements for middle‑school students.
"When a third grade math problem is written as a fifth grade reading level, it stops being a math problem," said Anne Kenoni, who identified herself as a retired educator at Holliston High School and gave her address. Kenoni said parents and teachers have not been given clear placement criteria, described frustration about a "fluid" model at the middle school…
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