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reaction to budget cuts by the Board of Supervisors.) “Obviously something had to be done,” the superintendent said, adding that the RCES physical education teacher faced an “unrealistic load” without an aide.
Aide assignments were reviewed and all aides were found to be “contributing well,” Dr. Gangel said. Rather than transfer an aide from another classroom or from the elementary school office, the PE teacher’s load was lightened by limiting regular physical education to two days per week for upper elementary students. (Youngsters in kindergarten through third grade are already restricted to two days per week of physical education under a certified physical education teacher.)
Dr. Gangel added that he anticipates a need for a “long term substitute” for one classroom aide “so we may be pulling the one out of the office for a period of time.”
“There were a number of options,” he conceded. “I believe the best situation is the option we’ve taken.”
Classroom teachers will have the choice of allowing recess or having “structured time if they coordinate it with the PE teacher,” the superintendent noted. “There will still be time outside . . . Hopefully, it’s the best possible schedule we can make. ”
Formerly, classroom teachers had the half-hour their charges were with the phys. ed. instructor to use as planning time. In a telephone interview, Dr. Gangel noted that daily planning time is recommended - but not mandated — for elementary teachers. Likewise, the state recommends but does not mandate 30 minutes of physical education daily under a certified instructor.
He pointed out that RCES teachers at the upper elementary level will still have a half-hour planning period through the combination of two days per week of phys. ed., one day each for library and music and one day of “doubling up for resource.”
Also at the August School Board meeting, Dr. Gangel promised to review “all curricular situations” once the school year has started. “If we find a crying need, we’ll make adjustments, if we have the re
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