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Wakefield superintendent proposes expanding school-choice seats to 12; vote set for next meeting
Summary
Superintendent Doctor Alliance proposed adding two school-choice seats in grades 7 and 8 (bringing total seats to 12), citing a $5,000-per-student tuition payment and a cautious, year-by-year approach; the committee asked for more class-size and per-pupil cost data and set a vote for May 26.
Superintendent Doctor Alliance asked the Wakefield School Committee on May 12 to expand the district’s school-choice program by adding two seats each in grades 7 and 8, bringing the proposed total to 12 choice seats.
The proposal, presented with slides, notes that under the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 districts are automatically in school choice unless a school committee votes to opt out. Doctor Alliance said the administration had previously proposed 22 seats but recommended a slower approach "to grow at a very slow pace." She added: "The benefit is $5,000 tuition per student per year." Doctor…
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