This petition is for the upcoming school year 2014/2015 and future years for both Seaford Elementary Schools; the Harbor School and the Manor School.We realize the school district is working on limited funds, however overcrowding our classrooms is unacceptable. It is not beneficial to the children or the teachers especially with the current curriculum. Our kids are the ones that will be affected.
We need your support. If we don’t speak up, the administration will continue to put our children in overcrowded classrooms.
We urge you to address the BOE with emails, letters and phone calls. We need to show school officials that we are not going to accept large, overcrowded classrooms. We want the necessary resources for our children to learn in a safe and healthy environment and get the quality education they deserve.
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March 26, 2014
ive been reading through your messages and the stories about what these kids are dealing with in class are just heartbreaking. im working on putting together a package of these comments to hand over directly to the board members so they cant ignore us anymore.
March 26, 2014
i cant believe how much this has taken off. seeing all these people backing the push for smaller classrooms shows the board that we arent just complaining but really serious about this change.
Reached 100 supporters
March 26, 2014
21 Comments
We would like to see the classroom sizes reduced to facilitate a better learning environment for our children. Classroom size should be at the top of the priority list when making budget considerations. My daughter's thrid grade classroom is overcrowded. Please don't let this occur again in fourth grade.
My daughter will be joining the kindergarten this fall. The idea of large classes is upsetting--it's widely known that the students will suffer in some manner. Each child should receive the best foundation possible for their education. One of Seaford's great attractions is it's school system. Please don't dilute that.
my daughter had 26 kids in her kindergarten class and it was way too many. more than half went on to need reading lab the next year. kindergarten kids need too much attention. keep the lower grade class size down to 20 or 22 max. All grades benefit from smaller classes.
I was in two crowded classrooms and my education suffered for it. My math is nearly non existent because I had problems with it and the one teacher could not give me any attention.
A Seaford graduate, with family members still attending Seaford schools. Give these kids the education they deserve, and their parents are paying for!
Keep the class sizes down!!!
I strongly oppose large class size.
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This petition is for the upcoming school year 2014/2015 and future years for both Seaford Elementary Schools; the Harbor School and the Manor School.We realize the school district is working on limited funds, however overcrowding our classrooms is unacceptable. It is not beneficial to the children or the teachers especially with the current curriculum. Our kids are the ones that will be affected.
We need your support. If we don’t speak up, the administration will continue to put our children in overcrowded classrooms.
We urge you to address the BOE with emails, letters and phone calls. We need to show school officials that we are not going to accept large, overcrowded classrooms. We want the necessary resources for our children to learn in a safe and healthy environment and get the quality education they deserve.
Updates
March 26, 2014
ive been reading through your messages and the stories about what these kids are dealing with in class are just heartbreaking. im working on putting together a package of these comments to hand over directly to the board members so they cant ignore us anymore.
March 26, 2014
i cant believe how much this has taken off. seeing all these people backing the push for smaller classrooms shows the board that we arent just complaining but really serious about this change.
Reached 100 supporters
March 26, 2014
21 Comments
We moved to a town like Seaford for the school district. My children have been in classes the last two years with 26 or more children which is completely ridiculous. In Islip where we used to live they had only 19-21 students per class. Teachers can not effectively do their jobs when the class is over crowded!!!
We would like to see the classroom sizes reduced to facilitate a better learning environment for our children. Classroom size should be at the top of the priority list when making budget considerations. My daughter's thrid grade classroom is overcrowded. Please don't let this occur again in fourth grade.
My daughter will be joining the kindergarten this fall. The idea of large classes is upsetting--it's widely known that the students will suffer in some manner. Each child should receive the best foundation possible for their education. One of Seaford's great attractions is it's school system. Please don't dilute that.
my daughter had 26 kids in her kindergarten class and it was way too many. more than half went on to need reading lab the next year. kindergarten kids need too much attention. keep the lower grade class size down to 20 or 22 max. All grades benefit from smaller classes.
I was in two crowded classrooms and my education suffered for it. My math is nearly non existent because I had problems with it and the one teacher could not give me any attention.
A Seaford graduate, with family members still attending Seaford schools. Give these kids the education they deserve, and their parents are paying for!
Keep the class sizes down!!!
I strongly oppose large class size.
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We moved to a town like Seaford for the school district. My children have been in classes the last two years with 26 or more children which is completely ridiculous. In Islip where we used to live they had only 19-21 students per class. Teachers can not effectively do their jobs when the class is over crowded!!!