My daughter came back from school in a panicky mode. She was holding one paper in her hand. The paper was all wrinkled because she clutched it tightly in her hand.
It was a letter from the school principal.
He announced about their new decision. Due to the increased number of the students enrolled in fifth grade, they decided to make a combination class of fourth graders and the fifth graders. My daughter’s grade is affected again this year.
For the previous three years, they combined the class of my daughter’s grade and the one year younger grade. This year they stopped the combination class with the younger grade. There were five students who had studied with the older graders. Now this year the five students have to do the same grade again for one more year. I really feel sorry for them.
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At the beginning of the school year, all the parents got relieved with the news of no combination class this year. However, two weeks after the school year start, the disaster of the combination class came back again. Only one different this time was the combination class is with the older grade.
My daughter and all of her classmates were shocked about this change. The letter didn’t tell the details, so I didn’t know exactly how this change would affect my daughter and her class.
In the evening I talked with the school principal over the phone. He told me the little more detailed information.
According to him, my daughter will stay with the same teacher and the same classmates. The only change for her is that three more students will be added to her class. Her class stays for the fourth graders only. Along with the three students, some more students will move to a new class which is the combination class of the fourth graders and the fifth graders.
As far as I heard from other parents, the combination class has only one teacher. While the teacher is teaching one group of students, the other group of students has to wait for their turn to be taught. Each group gets bored while they are waiting for their turn. It is definitely a confusing environment for the combination class students every day.
Even though my daughter will not be affected, I still feel sorry for the other students, maybe around eight students, about moving to a new environment with the new teacher and the new classmates.
I think it will be a big deal for small children to change to a new environment. It is my sincere hope that the school will be aware of it and stop doing these kind of changes often. It will affect the students in their peace of minds.
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