Space crunch in elementary schools pushes Amherst to consider speeding sixth grade move to middle school Claire Fortin, Karena Krouch, Oscar Reich, Noa Long, and Anna Everett, all fifth graders at Fort River, attend class Thursday in the classroom created as overflow space in the cafeteria. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Michael Morris, Amherst schools superintendent, sits on the desk in a second grade classroom at Fort River Elementary School that went from being a quad to a “halfsie.” Originally four classrooms with a half wall, the room now consists of two classrooms with a full wall, and is why the school now has the need to create a classroom in the cafeteria. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS