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Walden parents urge District 109 to reduce kindergarten class sizes, propose aides and splits
Summary
Multiple parents and educators told the Deerfield School Board that current Walden kindergarten classes of 22, 22, 22 and 23 exceed best practices, urging the district to add full-time assistants and consider splitting classes in future years; the board heard but took no formal action.
Parents, educators and board members traded emotion and data Wednesday as several Walden families urged Deerfield Public Schools District 109 to act on large kindergarten class sizes.
"Right now at Walden, the class sizes in kindergarten are 22, 22, 22, and 23," said Kara Barris, a parent of a kindergartner and second grader at Walden and a longtime educator. "Having class sizes this large, you are setting up teachers and students to fail your mission."
Barris told the board she would have…
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