Middle-school art teacher warns of elective classes 'over 40' students

Sep 3, 2026

Dexter McCarty art teacher Karen Applegate told the board she and other elective teachers are seeing class rosters above 40—one nearly 50—and raised safety and instruction concerns, asking the board to address class sizes and mixed-grade groupings.

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Karen Applegate, an art teacher at Dexter McCarty Middle School, told the Gresham-Barlow board that elective class sizes this year have grown to levels she called unsustainable.

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