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Board discusses adding a section and exploring combined‑grade classrooms after caps exceeded
Summary
Staff said one elementary grade exceeded the usual cap by one student and proposed moving an interventionist into a classroom rather than hiring a full FTE; board members discussed pros and cons of combined‑grade classrooms and agreed to convene teachers and consider a work session.
Staff reported the elementary program exceeded capacity for one grade by a single student and recommended reassigning an interventionist into a classroom instead of adding a full FTE to cover the section.
Board members explored the idea of combined‑grade classrooms (for example, first/second grade), noting that such configurations require preparation, teacher training and clear family communications. "So my question is, do we ever do work sessions, and is that something that we want to come back to to have a conversation so that when this issue happens down the road, we're not scrambling to try to decide if we're gonna make that decision or not," the staff member asked. The board agreed it would be useful to pull together a small teacher group to identify pros and cons and prepare materials for a possible work session in the future.
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