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Board debates class‑size cuts, music and counselors as priorities for FY27
Summary
Board members clashed over the trade-offs between lowering pupil‑teacher ratios, restoring music programs and adding counselors or tutors; after an exercise they tentatively favored some middle‑school PTR reduction, limited music restorations and additional support staff pending further review.
Board members spent much of the work session weighing competing priorities: smaller class sizes (PTR), reinstating music programming, restoring counselors and directing more classroom tutors or school behavior support technicians (SPSTs).
A number of members argued that smaller classes are a competitive advantage relative to charter schools. Mr. Doran pressed for parity across grade levels and asked the board to consider reducing middle-school PTR to 27 and further lowering elementary PTR for parity. “To create a competitive space for our neighborhood elementary schools... I would like to level that…
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