But teachers say that decision has resulted in less than ideal working conditions. And teachers complain the situation is especially difficult for small children. This bus is so far away that the children have to be reminded to go to the bathroom. There have been accidents. The sidewalk is not shoveled.
People use that as a pathway, themselves, and it becomes iced up very quickly.
So it s a danger. The youngest children at Sacred Heart, kindergartners and first graders, get no remedial education because the school s principal believes they can t handle the trip across the street. Yet, she says, they would benefit most from the special classes. The interventions in kindergarten and first grade, if they are consistent and not interrupted, and if they re directed, make a difference. There s plenty of studies that will show that.