ROCKPORT — A boys-only third-grade class at a Maine public elementary school is ending.
The local curriculum committee plans to ask the school board to reintegrate the boys in a Camden-Rockport Elementary School single-gender class into mixed-gender classes next fall despite the success of the program.
The school district’s assistant superintendent Elaine Nutter, says the boys only class was a “very positive experience” but was never intended to be a long-term program.
It was originally established to address a gender imbalance in the third-grade, which had twice as many boys as girls, and to give the boys a role model with a male teacher.
Nutter tells the Bangor Daily News that school officials and parents agree that boys need to mix with more classmates, including the girls.
Send questions/comments to the editors.
Success. Please wait for the page to reload. If the page does not reload within 5 seconds, please refresh the page.
Enter your email and password to access comments.
Hi, to comment on stories you must . This profile is in addition to your subscription and website login.
Already have a commenting profile? .
Invalid username/password.
Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration.
Only subscribers are eligible to post comments. Please subscribe or login first for digital access. Here’s why.
Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.