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Teachers and parents urge Garden Grove Unified to cap special-education caseloads, separate TK from kindergarten
Summary
Teachers and parents testified at a Garden Grove Unified School District board meeting that moderate-to-severe special-education classrooms are exceeding safe caseloads and that transitional-kindergarten/kindergarten combo classes harm youngest learners; trustees said they heard the concerns and approved routine business items.
Teachers, parents and union representatives told the Garden Grove Unified School District board on Monday night that some classrooms serving students with moderate-to-severe needs are too large to be safe or to deliver required services.
"When a class size exceeds what the environment can support, attention is divided, safety is compromised, and access to the quality education these students deserve is inconsistent," said Evan McGee, a mild–moderate education specialist and chair of the GGEA special-education committee, citing a districtwide survey of 32 teachers. McGee said most classrooms now range from 11 to 14 students while surveyed teachers identified 10 as an absolute maximum and 8 as the ideal threshold for safety and effective instruction.
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