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that 33 regular classrooms would be needed between 1995 and 1999 and during the 2041-2002 school year, and that 34 would be needed between 1999 and 2001.
In a separate interview. Dr. Gangel said he felt 32 classrooms would be sufficient. All these figures are based on estimates of the number of students in each class. Many of them have not yet been born. Dr. (langel said, for example that the figures used by the consultants for the 1999-2000 school year show 85 students in second grade in four sections. They also indicate 88 students in third grade in four sections. Dr. Gangel said that current state laws allow the school system to average the number of children per class in second and third grades combined, and the school would be in compliance as long as that number does not exceed 25. Therefore the 85 second graders expected in 1999 could be handled in three sections.
Dr. Gangel said the architects advised that the four additional classrooms would add approximately $100,000 to the cost of the addition.
At the meeting Dr. Gangel said, “1 would recommend we do not consider mobile units. They are meant to be a temporary fix, and no one is projecting that this is a temporary condition. With the cost difference, I cannot recommend a middle school. I recommend we build the addition to the elementary school as soon as we
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