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Teacher urges smaller classes; board sends class-size policy to committee after extended discussion
Summary
A Sunnyside third-grade teacher asked the Burlington Community School District board to keep three fourth-grade sections at Sunnyside and add a third-grade section; the board held a detailed class-size discussion and agreed to refer policy language to the May 8 policy committee for review.
A third-grade teacher at Sunnyside Elementary told the Burlington Community School District board on April 27 that his classroom this year reached 25 students and urged the district to keep three fourth-grade sections at Sunnyside and to add a third-grade section districtwide.
"This is the biggest class I have had in the last 26 years… this is the most challenging, demanding, exhausting, frustrating, and emotional stress that I've had in my teaching career due to the large size," Eric Glasgow said during the public-comment period.
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