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Board backs further study of preK–5 and 6–8 reconfiguration after public concern about bus times
Summary
The board voted to move forward with planning and stakeholder meetings to study possible reconfiguration of grade spans (preK–5 and 6–8). A parent warned longer bus runs could put students over statutory limits, and members emphasized the motion is for study only, with any transition likely taking years.
The Washington County Board of Education approved a motion to move forward with planning stages and stakeholder meetings to study a possible reconfiguration of grade spans that could shift to preK–5 and 6–8 schools, a measure board members described as an initial information-gathering step.
S2 moved the study motion and emphasized it was "just continuing talking about it, moving forward" and not a decision to implement the change. The motion passed after discussion and requests for broad…
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