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Teachers describe classroom projects, pickleball, mindfulness and play clubs during public comment
Summary
At public comment the same evening, Wallingford teachers and staff described a long-running fifth‑grade research project, a second‑grade pickleball club, an elementary mindfulness club and an after‑school play club, and cited a 2023 state law supporting play‑based learning.
Teachers and staff from multiple Wallingford schools used the public comment period at the April 24 meeting to highlight in‑school learning projects and after‑school clubs and to describe their educational goals and operations.
Allison, a fifth‑grade teacher at Parker Farm (name given as Parker Farm in the presentation), described a long‑running weekly research assignment she calls the “thought question.” The project runs across the year and asks students to research a new topic each week, produce short written responses that increase in length over the year, and craft original follow‑up questions. Allison said families often help with…
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