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Kindergarten teacher urges smaller classes, full-day aides and play-based learning
Summary
Janine Wagner, a Monterey Road kindergarten teacher with nearly 30 years’ experience, told trustees kindergarten classrooms need more staff, smaller class sizes and more play-based time to prevent behavior and learning problems later.
Janine Wagner, a kindergarten teacher at Monterey Road, urged trustees to reduce class size and increase in-class adult supervision for kindergarten and first-grade classrooms.
"Today's kindergarten students enter a full day kindergarten classroom that has 1 full time teacher, an aide that is shared between 2 kindergarten classes," Wagner told the board. "Our…
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