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Preston County board hears pleas to spare West Preston fifth-grade position as enrollment falls
Summary
At a Feb. 27 hearing in West Preston, teachers, parents and the school’s improvement council urged the Preston County Board of Education not to eliminate a fifth‑grade teaching position; administrators cited a roughly 150‑student districtwide enrollment decline and a state personnel deadline that limits options. The board approved professional and service personnel agendas that implement proposed staffing changes effective July 1.
The Preston County Board of Education on Feb. 27 heard more than an hour of testimony and public comment urging it not to eliminate a third fifth‑grade teaching position at West Preston School as part of personnel actions tied to a district enrollment decline.
At a personnel hearing opened for Miss Schubert, administration staff presented monthly enrollment counts and said the county’s overall enrollment had dropped by about 150 students, which the administration described as translating into a recommended reduction of roughly seven professional and nine service positions districtwide. Administration also cited Policy 2510 (grades 4–6 class‑size guidance), and presented the incoming cohort’s current count of 52 fourth‑grade students who would become next year’s fifth‑grade cohort.
Teachers, the school improvement council and parents told the board that West Preston’s students, many with high needs, benefit from smaller…
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