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The plan was originally intended to take effect next year in grades K-8 and the following year in grades 9-12, with all English learners moving to inclusive settings by the 2025-26 school year.
Critics say the plan to move English language learners into general classrooms will leave them struggling to learn English as well as other subjects.
In a letter to Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Mary Skipper, the resigning task force members said the district’s plan to integrate English learners into general education classrooms will lead to worse outcomes.
Among the questions left unanswered: Which schools will close to accommodate the staggering growth of both of those schools?
"People are trying to decipher what is going on in the system."