New school year, that is. Today was the first day of the new school year for Middletown Public Schools. It was a significant day because it was the first day at a new school for many school children and families who were affected by the recent elementary school redistricting.
Associate Superintendent of Schools was at Macdonough Elementary School, where she received recognition, and she said that there was an issue with classroom size at some schools, but the Board of Education was going to wait until true attendance could be assessed before making decisions about staffing. She indicated that the preferred solution would be to add an additional adult assistant to any class which was overenrolled.
ed thanks for the pics and update, as i was very shocked to see more than half the school is new.it will be an ajustment to all.
ReplyDeleteGee...we all knew there were going to be problems...Lawrence is at 108% capacity...my child went from a 2nd grade class of 16 to a 3rd grade class of 28...way to go with the redistricting...let's see what this is going to do to our CMT scores and if we meet AYP! Class sizes are busting...with people still enrolling! Way to go BOE!
ReplyDeleteThink you want to change "effected" to "affected," which is the verb I think you are looking for. Otherwise, nice upbeat story!
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