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Parents and teachers urge Ridgefield School District to preserve recess, arts and PE
Summary
Multiple parents, teachers and students told the Ridgefield School District board that proposed elementary schedule changes reducing recess and specialist time threaten student well-being and that SEL should be integrated rather than run as a separate pull-out class.
Public commenters and classroom teachers pressed the Ridgefield School District board on May 13 to reconsider proposed elementary schedule changes that commenters say reduce recess, music, art and physical education.
Jen Conklin, a parent and Ridgefield resident, told the board she supported the district’s earlier cell-phone policy reform but said the district had “taken the wrong part” of Anxious Generation by creating a separate SEL pull-out. “Part 2 of the book is all about the decline of play-based childhood,” she said, arguing schools should give more recess, improve playgrounds and “reduce rules and increase…
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