Adult teachers needs before students?
Last week, APS first cut its summer K-3 Plus program that gives the district’s youngest struggling students an extra month of math and reading instruction in the summer. Then Friday it kept the 7/5 high school schedule that gives high school teachers a second planning period every day over a 7/6 schedule that puts students with their core-subject teachers more often. Such moves fit in with a mentality that seems to prioritize adult wants over student needs.