25 signatures reached
To: Three Village CSD Board of Education, Cheryl Pedisich, Nancy Pickford
Minnesauke's Third Grade Class Size
Research supports that class size has a great impact student success. Minnesauke's Third Grade has an average of 24.5 students per classroom. This is the largest grade level in the school. These numbers present an alarming disadvantage to our children. Teachers are not able to spend adequate time for small group/ guided instruction, remediation, enrichment, as well as to meet all of the emotional and social needs of our children at this formative age. Our district needs to provide our classroom teachers with additional support staff for the remainder of this 2019-20 school year and for a fifth section to be implemented at the start of the 2020-2021 school year.
Why is this important?
My son is a third grade student currently attending Minnesuake Elementary School. I am writing not as just a concerned mother, but also as a third grade teacher. I am greatly concerned about the number of children in each of the four designated third grade classrooms.This is why I am petitioning for additional support to be placed in each of the classrooms for the remainder of this year and a fifth section to be added to the 2020-2021 school year.
I have witnessed the impact of large class size and witnessed the affects that occurs in the classroom. Research strongly supports that smaller class size leads to greater academic achievement and students overall well being. Third Grade is a monumental year. It is the year that sets the foundation for our children's intermediate school years and beyond. It is a year of great growth and development. We owe it to our children to provide them with a classroom of adequate size, which ensures their maximum growth potential. Elementary classroom sections with these staggering numbers are an injustice to our children as well as the educators that are serving our community.
This is why I am petitioning the Three Village Board of Education, Cheryl Pedisich, and Nancy Pickford to incorporate into their 2020-2021 school budget the implementation of an additional classroom section for this grade level.