New Realignment Documents

We have obtained two of the documents Dr. Hayes and the School Committee referred to at Wednesday night's meeting.

The first shows the difference between the hypothetical numbers the Mayor used to come up with his 5-school plan, compared to three possible real-world scenerios of how students could be reassigned that were studied by Dr. Hayes and his staff. Among the differences are Scanlon's projections of being able to cut 11 teachers compared to only 4-6 in any of Hayes' scenerios. There are also projected class sizes up to, and even beyond 30.

The second document shows current projected enrollments and free & reduced percentages for the Superintendent's 4-school plan. Among the alarming issues here are projected average 5th grade class sizes of 31 at Centerville, and 2nd grade average class sizes of 27, also at Centerville.