Even after fifth grade moved out, several schools are still tight on space, especially those schools that were using modular classrooms that have been removed. This results in less space for unified arts programs (and situations like “art on a cart”) and other student and staff activities, including collaboration spaces, meeting spaces, etc.
In addition, kindergarten and fifth grade classroom spaces are fundamentally different, due to the different sizes and developmental levels of the children using them. Kindergartners can’t reach shelves that fifth graders can, nor can they sit in the same desks, etc. Those are some of the reasons why the facilities are one of the areas that must be explored. Other factors to be considered are whether there should be changes in class sizes, whether there would be different programs offered at different schools depending on space.
