L.Lindsey

3/29/22, 12:06 PM                                   Colchester Public Schools Mail - [Budget] proposed teacher cuts



                                                                                              Heather Petit <hpetit@colchesterct.org>



  [Budget] proposed teacher cuts
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  Laurie Lindsey <laurlind@sbcglobal.net>                                                     Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 9:05 AM
  Reply-To: laurlind@sbcglobal.net
  To: "budget@colchesterct.org" <budget@colchesterct.org>, "aoliphant@colchesterct.org" <aoliphant@colchesterct.org>

    Thank you for opportunity to provide comment on the education budget.

    Now is not the time to cut teachers from Bacon Academy, or any school. This is not the time for
    bigger class sizes or reduced elective opportunities for students. The budget focus is to strengthen
    instructional supports for students; well this starts with the teacher in the classroom.

    Teachers are experiencing wider gaps in student ability levels in their classes requiring additional
    levels of differentiation and more remediation of background skills.

    Teachers are also helping more students than ever with their social emotional learning needs
    which often causes students to miss class and need after school instruction. After school teachers
    are trying to teach multiple lessons so the students may not be getting as much support as
    needed.

    Student behavior in class has been degraded due to the hybrid learning model. Teachers are also
    taking time with individual students to help them build behaviors to increase their capacity for
    learning.

    With larger class sizes, students get less of the teachers attention to help academically,
    emotionally or behaviorally.

    Here's a little math for a 90 minute class; over simplified.
    30 students - each student can get 3 minutes of the teachers attention per class. 270 minutes in 90
    days of classes.
    24 students - each student can get 3.75 minutes of the teachers attention per class. 337.5 minutes
    in 90 days of classes.
    Those extra minutes can go a long way in a lot of ways.

    Thank you for your service to this town.

    Respectfully,

    Laurie Lindsey
    24 Hi Lea Farm Rd.
    Colchester, CT

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  Jeffrey Burt <jburt@colchesterct.org>                                                     Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 10:19 AM
  To: laurlind@sbcglobal.net, Heather Petit <hpetit@colchesterct.org>
  Cc: "budget@colchesterct.org" <budget@colchesterct.org>, "aoliphant@colchesterct.org" <aoliphant@colchesterct.org>

    Hello,
    Thank you for your feedback.
    Regards,
    Jeffery Burt
    Jeffrey E. Burt
    Superintendent
    Colchester Public Schools
    127 Norwich Avenue, Suite 202
    Colchester, CT 06415
    860-537-7208
    jburt@colchesterct.org
    "We create innovative thinkers for a dynamic world."

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