Supt. reports increase in kindergarten enrollments
By Mike BergerThe Luce Elementary School will be adding another section of kindergarten this fall due to increases in enrollments since the end of the last school year.
School Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Fischer-Mueller provided an update on the enrollment figures at last Tuesday’s School Committee meeting. According to the superintendent, total kindergarten enrollment has risen from 224 students in June to 233 students as of August 14, including 88 students at the JFK, 69 at the Hansen, and 76 at the Luce. Fischer-Mueller anticipates class sizes ranging from 22 at the JFK to 17 at the Hansen.
District wide, overall student enrollment has fallen by three students since the end of the 2017-18 school year — from 3,228 to 3,225. However, the heaviest number of new registrants is traditionally seen in mid to late August.
In other news from the August 14 meeting:
* School Business Manager Barry Nectow announced that bus passes will be mailed by August 31 and bus routes will be published in the August 30 edition of the Canton Citizen.
* School lunch and breakfast prices will rise this fall. The cost of lunch will increase to $2.75 at the Rodman, $3.00 at the elementary schools, $3.30 at the middle school, and $3.30 to $3.50 at Canton High School. The cost of breakfasts will rise 25 cents to $2.00 at all schools.
* Nectow said new security equipment has or will be installed at all of the schools’ main entrances and classrooms will be fitted with door shades …
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Posted by Mike Berger
on Aug 24 2018. Filed under News, Schools.
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