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Wayne board asks administration to study moving grades to relieve overcrowding
Summary
After extensive public comment about rising class sizes, the Wayne Board of Education approved a motion directing the administration to study the feasibility of moving fifth grade to middle school and eighth grade to high school, including educational impacts, facility capacity, staffing and transportation.
The Wayne Board of Education voted to ask its administration to study whether shifting grade configurations — moving fifth grade to middle school and eighth grade to high school — could ease rising class sizes districtwide.
Board member Mr. Faber moved the proposal, asking the administration to analyze educational impact, developmental appropriateness, facility capacity, staffing and transportation and to report findings back to the board. "I request that the administration explore the feasibility and implications of moving fifth grade from elementary school to middle school and eighth grade from middle school to high school," Mr. Faber said during the meeting.
The motion was seconded and carried in a…
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