What happens if a majority of the residents vote no on the proposed budget?
Even with the proposed staffing reductions, students will not experience a decrease in academic offerings at BKW.
“The changes made to student programming will be manageable,” Secondary School Principal Tom McGurl said.
At the high school level, Advanced Placement classes will still be offered, as will Career and Technical Education options. The New Visions program will also continue to be offered to qualified students. The Path to Education, Achievement, Knowledge, Success (PEAKS) program will not be eliminated.
In the middle school, the academic intervention services (AIS) program will be restructured.
“Students who score a 1 or 2 on the state test will get more time with teachers to focus on English and math,” McGurl said.
The elementary school will add an AIS teacher.
“The addition of the AIS teacher will help us address the higher percentage of students requiring AIS support as a result of the State Education Department’s decision to adjust the cut scores, as well as the need to redesign the manner in which we’re currently serving our AIS students,” Elementary School Principal Brian Corey said. “By adding a staff member, we’ll be able to accommodate the needs of these students with smaller group instruction that will be individualized and specific to the needs of the students.”
The impact on class sizes
Even with the staffing reductions, no core academic courses in 2011-12 will have more than 30 students in a class. Most classes will have 27 or fewer students.
Current core classroom size is 17-26 students.
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