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Parents urge Ann Arbor Public Schools to add teachers at Burns Park after K–3 classes exceed targets
Summary
Multiple Burns Park parents told the board kindergarten and early-grade classrooms are routinely above AAPS targets, describing classrooms of 25 and requesting two additional FTEs for next school year to bring class sizes closer to targets.
Parents from Burns Park Elementary delivered repeated, specific appeals to the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board on Wednesday, saying the school is chronically understaffed and asking the district to allocate two additional full-time equivalent classroom teachers.
Multiple speakers described kindergarten and early elementary classrooms well above AAPS’ stated targets — the district’s K–3 target class sizes cited in public comment are 20 students for kindergarten, 22 for first and second grade, and 24 for third…
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