"I TEACH in the Fremont Unified School District and have been appalled that some of the reports on education recently seem completely disconnected from the reality of what the cuts to education mean.
First, the Argus reported, in an article about teacher conferences, that parents complained teachers did not want to meet with them. This doesn't take into consideration that 20- to 30-minute conferences for 32 students would take roughly three days of unpaid labor.
Secondly, I would welcome the likes of Daniel Borenstein, a Bay Area News Group columnist, who believe that kindergarten teachers should use their prep time to do other duties for the school instead of preparing lessons and projects for their students. Has he ever been alone with three 5-year-olds, let alone 20 or 30?"