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I'm not a big fan of this move in this time frame. If I understand Ms. Healey correctly, by simply moving the 6th grade up means that the current elementary teachers need a different cert than what they currently have, and when you officially move to middle school that they'd need another one, if that's what she's saying, then that is silly and wasteful. And that's where Mr. Nadeau's suggestion falters, in my view. The LTFPC recommendation moves grades 7 & 8 into Vets in 2015. Personally, I'd officially start middle school in 2016 and allow teachers 2 years to get certified. I know what Mr. Ginolfin says above but I've been told from some elementary teachers that obtaining the cert is actually easier thn it used to be - I don't know, but I'd be surprised if if took more than two years. But ultimately I think if the district decides to go middle school and we, thru our elected Scjool Committee want that, then that's the end of the story. Teachers will either obtain certs or not. If not, then all we can do is thank them for their service and move on. On all day K, adding it to every elementary costs around $3 million and those funds have to come from somewhere. Until we move to 6-8 middle school I think we may be able to put classrooms in several (not all) schools within each feeder and send all eligible kids to those schools. This would only have to be done for a year, maybe two tops until we got to middle school and then we can add the classrooms to the rest of the elementary's. This would allow us to have all day K immediately and at less cost. Yes, it's that important.

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