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[quote=Anonymous]School day should be extended in red zone and provide homework help time during that extra period. That would help on a number of front: 1) help give the kids who need it extra time w/ people who can cactually help w/ the HW and ensure it is done; 2) help draw more middle class families to the east side in order to help dilute out the overall % of high needs kids in the class. A school that is more full of middle class kids is not going to put the same strain on teachers that one that is almost all FARMS is. Moreover, the higher number of middle class families can help support a more active PTA and volunteer force for the schools (most likely). I know they make the class size smaller in the red zone already but clearly more resources need tareted specifically at those areas. Also, you could staff the HW help time w/ people at a lower trained level than teachers - simple college degree qualification would probably be enough to help supervise ES homework and read instructions from teachers. If not, then parents w/o college degrees sure as heck aren't going to be able to help more than that. [/quote]

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