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Merced board leans toward two‑phase plan to move sixth graders to middle schools
Summary
District staff presented four boundary-adjustment scenarios and said the committee is leaning toward a two-phase plan that shifts elementary boundaries in 2025–26 and moves sixth graders to middle schools in 2026–27; demographer estimates suggest up to about 1,200 students could be affected under broader maps.
District facilities staff presented a suite of boundary-adjustment scenarios on Dec. 17 that would reshape school assignments and potentially move sixth graders into middle schools.
Brian Bane, director of facilities, described four options: a targeted 'cookie-cutter' redistribution that keeps sixth grade at elementary campuses; a single-year districtwide change that would move sixth graders immediately; a two‑phase approach that would adjust elementary boundaries in 2025–26 and transition sixth graders in 2026–27 (the committee's…
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