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Teachers, students and parents urge Paramount board to drop 27‑minute proposal, saying planning time will suffer
Summary
Dozens of public speakers and TAP representatives told the board that adding 27 minutes to the elementary instructional day would reduce teacher planning time and harm learning; teachers urged alternatives such as reclaiming lost instructional time, targeting smaller class sizes and honoring contract provisions.
Dozens of teachers, students and parents told the Paramount Unified School District board on April 22 that a proposal to add 27 minutes to the elementary instructional day would do more harm than good.
At the meeting many public commenters—including classroom teachers, TAP union leaders and students—argued that extending the school day by 27 minutes while reducing planning time would worsen teacher fatigue and degrade instructional quality. Christina Sto, a third‑grade teacher at Mark Keell Elementary, said the extra minutes are likely to be "low‑impact minutes" consumed by transitions, redirection and diminished student attention.
"More minutes do not mean more learning," Sto said. "When students are…
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