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[awest1217]

I am with you on the parents. Parents should take some respnsibility, whether it is helping remediate or challenge. Not to do everything, but parents should help facilitate that. I personally am for having students switch classes, kind of like high school during different classes so all students are taught where they are at instead of by "age". I think mostly for math and maybe a show language arts time each day. Maybe 20 minutes of math and 20 minutes of english each day so you would teach 1st grade math, but may have some 2nd graders with you who need to get some remediation. Then you would also have another 20 minutes for each subject where you review what you just went over and assess everyone in your regular class. Or maybe there is 30 minutes at the beginning of each day and you alternate Math and Language arts and nothign on Friday so that the students who need challenged are, those who need remdediation get that, and those who are on grade level just get some extra help.

Just a thought because then that would help the students. I know it isn't completely fleshed out, but something to think about.

Hope you feel better soon. It is so hard when you have conferences and teach and have S. Long days. Try to relax a little and get better.