Last school year, Michelle Cardenas was tasked with teaching two pre-K classes at the same time. She’s dreading what is to come this year. texasnews kprc2 click2houston
Michelle Cardenas quiets down the class during a phonics lesson on April 27, 2022. Her class of 30 students at Hillcrest Elementary School was split into two rooms after surpassing the state limit. The more kids you have in there, the harder it is to get stuff accomplished, Cardenas said. It was literally like babysitting.
Michelle Cardenas cleans up literacy centers and starts putting out math centers while the students watch a music video on Apr. 21, 2022. Pre-COVID, Cardenas would have five centers of four students. Now, for safety reasons, she has 10 centers of two students at a time in her room. Credit: Lauren Witte/The Texas TribuneFirst: Cardenas prepares classroom materials before the students come into the classroom on April 21, 2022.
Students look at worms during a library lesson, which they have once per week, on Apr. 21, 2022. Credit: Lauren Witte for The Texas Tribune
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