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School counselor says classroom partition walls hinder instruction and counseling
Summary
A school counselor told the meeting that partition walls in several classrooms limit usable space and create noise that makes speech instruction and private counseling difficult, saying, “This change is for the students.”
A school counselor told the meeting that partition walls in multiple classrooms make it difficult for students to hear and for specialists to teach articulation, and that the partitions interrupt private counseling conversations.
The counselor said classrooms with "partition walls" limit usable space to the front and back of the room, preventing teachers and specialists from using the full room layout during lessons and interventions. She said reading specialists "have to teach the students how to place their tongues and their mouths to make certain sounds," and that nearby recess or noise next to a partitioned wall makes it hard for students and teachers to hear each other.
Identifying herself as the school counselor for third- and fourth-graders, she said her role requires discussing "some heavy things" with students and that outside distractions can "definitely be hard and hinder a conversation that could really be productive." She summed up the appeal as a student-centered request: "This change is for the students. This is what the students need in order to be comfortable in order to get the best out of their education."
The transcript contains no record of a formal motion, vote, or staff response to the comments in this excerpt.
