Classroom overcrowding. Everybody agrees it is a problem but no substantial effort has been taken to remedy it, It's funny because the answer is really quite simple: HIRE MORE TEACHERS. I know from the last LSC meeting they have hired a new Reading teacher at Pickering. I know my son's homeroom has been changed three times already in a shell game to try and come up with some kind of solution.
I am no math wiz but the numbers and ratios are fixed. When you have X number of students then you need Y number of teachers. No amount of shuffling is going to solve the problem. Put the stimulus money and those other grants into direct services to to our kids.
Too much money is wasted on support and supervision and consequently our teachers are put in an impossible situation in a where the environment is confusing and dangerous. I really don't want to single out Marshall but that is the school I have the most contact with. I am sure it is not the only school with these problems. Whenever you put too many kids, even "good" kids in a "good" school, in a close place arguments and fighting are a sure bet.
It's Psychology 101, people thrive on attention, any attention. If the class size prohibits teachers from being able to give positive constructive attention then our students are going to insure they get "bad" attention. No one likes the behavior that precedes "bad" attention.
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