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Residents urge Board to address Bristow class-size changes and school start times
Summary
During public comment several residents raised concerns about changes to class sizes at Bristow Middle School and called for the district to revisit school start times; the Board heard multiple speakers but took no immediate action.
Multiple residents used the public comment portion of the Jan. 15 meeting to press the Board on classroom size and start-time issues.
Stephanie Rauch (68 Elmfield Street) and Christopher Rauch (68 Elmfield Street) both spoke about changes to Bristow Middle School class size. Jerel Rocktaschel (545 South Main Street) also addressed class-size concerns. Mary Fleischli (28 Brunswick Avenue) spoke specifically about school start times. The transcript records that each speaker "spoke on" these topics; no verbatim quotes are recorded.
Board members acknowledged the comments during the meeting but did not take formal action in response that evening. Separately, a later procedural motion to move a March public hearing date was introduced and then withdrawn after debate.
The public-comment speakers and their concerns were entered into the meeting record for follow-up by staff as appropriate.
