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[email protected] FIFTY CENTS BOE Hears From Parents, Superintendent on Class Size By CHARLOTTE LEDERMAN the next school year will be the fifth Schools. Specially Written for The Westfield Leader grade at McKinley Elementary Next, the board began to discuss Tuesday night’s meeting of the School, where officials anticipate two eighth grade sports by reviewing a Westfield Board of Education revolved sections of 24 students. Yet, in the summary of the issue thus far, noting around the heated debate between second grade, McKinley School has that the issue is now whether to cre- parents and board members about the smallest projected class size, with ate a more competitive program, or a class size at the elementary level. three sections of 17 pupils. more inclusive intramural one. As Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dr. Foley also demonstrated that After hearing from each member of William Foley revealed, the class the basic considerations for the for- the board, there was a vote in which size policy states that the “range mation of classes are: “the grade the members decided to direct Dr. should be between 18 and 25; the Foley to work on a project that lower range should be in the pri- would have girl’s field hockey in mary grades (K-3) and the higher “We have the money, we have the fall, winter wrestling, and range in the upper grades; ac- intramurals in the spring.