Principal Burton discusses classroom assignments, special requests

At Monday’s PTO meeting, Principal Julia Burton announced that student
classroom assignments will be announced one week before school starts,
rather than at the end of the current school year. Additionally, she said
she would no longer consider special requests from parents to assign
students to particular teachers.

She said these measures are necessary for several reasons. First, because
new students to the area register throughout the summer, it’s difficult to
predict how many classes there will be for a particular grade level until
just before the school year. Second, she said teachers and staff work very
diligently throughout the summer to determine the appropriate mix of
students for a particular class, taking into consideration their academic
needs, socialization skills and a host of additional factors, and special
requests can easily upset that balance to the detriment of other students.

She said Lucas would post the class lists for the fall 2011 student
assignments on the front door of school one week before the first day of
classes, which is August 18.