Roger Allen forwarded a note to me from the Mad_School_Imp Yahoo Group
On 5/11/04 the Elvejhem Elementary School held an informational meeting about its decsion to proceed with all multiage classroomsPosted by Jim Zellmer at May 14, 2004 06:51 PM | TrackBack
(combined grade classrooms) for grades 2-5. There will not be any single grade classrooms for these grades.The MMSD Lead Elementary Principal Jennifer Allen announced that multiage classrooms are the model the school district is moving to. She complemented Elvejhem for holding this meeting as many of the schools that are moving to this model will be doing so next fall without any such informational meetings.
Many parents were upset by their lack of options and the lack of consultation on the part of the district. Eleven teachers attended this meeting in addition to the shcool prinicpal and the district lead principal. The teachers presented a united front in favor of the multiage classrooms. However, there are other teachers who privately oppose this move. Twenty five parents attended the meeting.