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Superintendent outlines goals, reports most K–8 classes meet district size guidelines
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Riley told the Wachusett Regional School Committee that 81% of K–8 classrooms meet the district’s class-size guidelines and reviewed multi-year goals on curriculum, MTSS interventions and improved data use; members pressed about capacity in Rutland and possible phased school-choice changes for siblings.
WORCESTER COUNTY, Mass. — Superintendent Dr. Riley reported to the Wachusett Regional School Committee that the district’s fall class-size update shows 81% of K–8 classrooms fall within the committee’s recommended guidelines and that the bulk of exceptions are concentrated at Naquog, where class sizes are near 20 rather than significantly over the limit.
The superintendent said the guidelines — 19 students for grades K–2, 22 for grades 3–5 and 23 for grades 6–8 — are recommendations, not strict mandates, and that administrators are monitoring kindergarten enrollment closely because it can swing from year to year. “One of the positions we’ve put in this year’s budget is an additional 0.5 interventionist at Naquog,” Dr. Riley said,…
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