Letter: Crowding causes schools to fail

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Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000 | 10:08 a.m.

Also, there is a 28-minute nutrition break during five hours of school. No meaningful nutrition could possibly take place in that amount of time, and then we wonder why students are falling asleep and are inattentive in class.

Forty-eight students in a government class. Yikes! How can any type of meaningful learning take place? A teacher burns up 15 minutes just taking roll and handling paperwork.

These types of problems have been going on for years now. School district officials need to give some relief to teachers and administrators. Everyone talks about accountability. Who do we hold accountable for horrible learning conditions in our high schools?

ROBERT BENCIVENGA