School Board Votes to Maintain Small Group Instruction

Gideon Rubin:

A crowd of about 100 people, mostly teachers, packed the Burlingame School District's Tuesday night board meeting imploring its members to keep the "early bird, late bird" language program intact. They got their wish, as the board voted 5-0 to maintain the program.

The program, which exists in just four districts statewide, shortens the class day while giving students more individualized reading and writing instruction.

District kindergarten-through-second grade students currently start their 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. school day an hour late or leave an hour early, with the first and last hours reserved for more individualized reading and writing instruction.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 15, 2011 1:40 AM
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