Parents of students in the Lagunitas School District’s Montessori program met on Tuesday to discuss the future of the program and a potential merger with the district’s Open Classroom. 

In an email sent out to district families earlier this month, superintendent Laura Shain proposed a policy for when to begin considering closing or combining programs: when a program has less than 24 students with three teachers. 

A second proposal, crafted by Montessori 4th…