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No quick fix for crowded schools
Relief is elusive for district
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Students fill the cafeteria for lunch Thursday at Midway, which is the county’s most crowded elementary school. A new school could bring some relief, but school system plans don’t call for it to be built for a couple of years. Officials are studying the situation. - photo by Autumn Vetter
Lunchtime at Midway Elementary School is a fine-tuned puzzle.Between 10:50 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. some 900 students file in and out of the cafeteria, a room that has just 10 tables. The shifts have been figured out to an exact science. “It’s a constant revolving door,” said Principal Todd Smith.