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Trustees raise alarm over a third‑grade class of 30; request enrollment projections
Summary
Board members flagged a reported third‑grade class of 30 students and asked staff for fall enrollment projections, especially kindergarten counts, to inform staffing and hiring decisions for 2026–27.
Board members pressed staff for concrete enrollment projections to guide staffing decisions for 2026–27, highlighting a concern about large class sizes in early grades.
A trustee said she had received a report of a third‑grade class at Hickory Tavern with 30 students and asked whether that level was acceptable. Board discussion noted that 30 students would be an outlier and that class size benchmarks vary by grade; one member said a typical target is in the low‑ to mid‑20s for most grades and suggested 22–25 as a reasonable range in many cases.
Dr. Harris said principals provided current head counts and that staff would produce enrollment projections where possible, though kindergarten numbers often arrive late in the cycle. A board member asked the district to present a budget scenario that assumes no millage increase to help the board weigh tradeoffs between hiring additional teachers and maintaining current staffing.
Trustees requested that staff supply fall projected enrollment (including kindergarten projections) before the May meeting and that the district document which schools currently have high class sizes and what options exist for reassigning staff to address imbalances. No formal decisions were made at the workshop.
