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Parent urges Wayne Township board to add aides as James Fallon fourth‑grade classes reach 28–29 students
Summary
At a Sept. 25 Wayne Township Board of Education meeting, parent Chrissy Selentakis urged the district to hire instructional aides for overcrowded fourth‑grade classes at James Fallon School (two classes of 29 students, one of 28). Superintendent Citadino said the district is monitoring performance but said adding positions midyear would require budget reallocation.
Chrissy Selentakis, a James Fallon parent, told the Wayne Township Board of Education on Sept. 25 that class sizes in two fourth‑grade sections have reached 29 students and a third has 28, and that existing paraprofessionals in those rooms are assigned to students with Individualized Education Programs and cannot reasonably support the entire class.
"We have 29 students in 2 of the classes and 28 students in 1 of the classes," Selentakis said. She said the two full‑time paraprofessionals referenced by the district are IEP aides and "by law, their role is primarily to support those students," so other children in the…
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