Query to the administration

Mullaney asks for input from admin: what would they like?

Caradonio says they sent a memo..split of two and two (teachers and librarians). They spoke to middle school principals and looked at job description. "Flexibility in job position to do more than is traditional...as teacher, working with classroom teachers..information specialist and network consultant" (he's reading here from the Mass state description of library media specialist) Feels they are "quite provisioned" for class size reduction"

Mullaney says that was what she thought. Refers here to the woman who has "fifteen in a class and thirty in a class"..."what can we tell them about class size in the fall? Will it be better?"

Brian Allen speaks: "need to go back a few months to health insurance savings..immediately saved" positions. "22 to1..that's the average..many classes that have 27 or more students" Would need "26 additional teachers" to cut out those. Ratio of 21.1 to 1 (adult ration of 18.3 to 1, due to uses of tutors) when all is said and done. Recommendation to carry funds from health insurance forward. "increase at K, 1, and 2 levels..prefunding" money we will receive from the state due to increasing enrollments. Not really one time money, as we'll be getting money back from the state (the dollars are based on our number of students)

Mullaney asks have we ever had two full-time teachers in the classroom. Are there circumstances that we do that?

Back to Brian Allen: No classes in 1-6 above 30.Largest sizes look to be in kindergarten. Teachers "deployed in best way"