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What do you think about the new staggered reading schedule in grades 1-3? Kim Kirschner Former teacher/current mom A 30-1 ratio doesn’t allow for the highquality level of instruction that we all expect in Pleasanton. The district is doing what it must to put the kids’ needs first. I think it had to get worse before it can start getting better, unfortunately. Hopefully the community will now see the need to pass a parcel tax in order to regain important programs that we’ve lost.
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Court reporter Students are losing 45 minutes of classroom instruction per day, and that concerns me. The smaller reading groups will definitely benefit my daughters, but I’m not sure that it will completely make up for the shorter day. It’s also tough on families that have to make at least three daily trips to school. I hope that we return to the regular schedule next year.
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Medical distribution I think that it is important to give the students more individualized attention than a large class size would allow, so the staggered reading schedule is great. Our daughter was in the Discovery program, which had much smaller classes, and we were very concerned about the changes this year. I think the benefits of small reading groups outweighs the impact of a shorter day.
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