Wednesday, October 9, 2013

"discussions on hiring new teachers"

From the School Committee meeting on Tuesday, the Milford Daily News reports:

Assistant Superintendent Sally Winslow told the School Committee on Tuesday that elementary class sizes "are the best they’ve been in a while because our enrollment is down." 
However, Winslow said the three middle schools have "pockets" of large class numbers, particularly in the core subjects, with at least one those classes having as many as 35 pupils. 
Most concerning, she said, is the size of high school science classes, such as physics and chemistry. The average class size for 11th-grade physics is 27 students, while 10th-grade chemistry has an average of 23.

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x980103675/Franklin-school-official-suggests-need-for-more-teachers#ixzz2hDS5IeyQ

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