On behalf of concerned parents in the room, Stephanie Thorne addressed the Eagleswood Township Board of Education at its Feb. 18 meeting regarding the size of the second-grade classes and concerns about students’ learning environment.
A-SIGN-MENT: (From left) Board President Isabella Pharo, fifth-grader Lana Tortorello and Superintendent George Chidiac look forward to better protected butterflies.
The second grade is “too big,” she said, causing overstimulating “chaos” for kids who have noise sensitivity and trouble concentrating.
Trouble with the heating system this winter has had kids bundling up indoors and, on one occasion, moving to a warmer classroom.
Thorne said state, county, Stafford and Eagleswood policies all agree 68 degrees is a reasonable minimum indoor…
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