Some Nashville schools will test smaller class size

Smaller classes
These schools have smaller classes guaranteed by the rezoning:• Buena Vista Elementary*• Cockrill Elementary• Napier Elementary*• Park Avenue Elementary*• Shwab Elementary• Wharton Elementary• Bass Middle• John Early Middle• Pearl-Cohn High• Pearl-Cohn 9th-grade Academy
Benefit worth expense?
Many think the benefit is worth the added expense.
Alex Figg, a Nashville parent and former Metro teacher, said smaller classes allow teachers to have more control over their students. He believes offering impoverished students extra resources is a good investment, even if other schools lose out.
"I think the district is going to have to take the hit and try this to improve the results from these schools," he said. "We can't keep doing what we're doing."
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