CNG Primary School CCN: #35 - MAY 10, 2024

PLACEMENT

This is the time when families begin to wonder about classroom placement for next year.  In this letter, you will find our Student Classroom Assignment Protocol.  We truly believe this protocol is a necessary and vital characteristic for creating a school environment that is equitable and thriving.  Our configuration model is focused on equity. Whereas in the past, we tried to honor parent classroom assignment requests, this practice resulted in unbalanced classrooms in some grade levels, and created tension within our community.

Primary School’s assignment policy is a class configuration model based on the following factors, and formed through collaboration with general education classroom teachers, co-teachers, specialist teachers, counselors, and instructional coaches:

This policy is based on the belief that all of our teachers have gifts and talents to meet the needs of every child at CNG.  Your child’s current teacher knows your student’s instructional strengths, social and emotional needs, which students they work best with, or students from whom they need to be separated.  As a school, we do not make these decisions lightly, and all of our decisions are based on this belief.  Ultimately, we believe our children are adaptable, will thrive and develop resiliency in any environment, and will make friends wherever they are placed.

 Again, these decisions will be based on ensuring a balanced and equitable distribution of students across the grade levels.  We will not be honoring any individual placement requests at this time, so please do not reach out to staff with those placement requests.  We also want to emphasize to you that in this process, it is the administration who are making the final decisions.  Thank you for your understanding and trust.  We truly appreciate your support.

PS Parent University 

Topic: Digital Citizenship: Online Safety at Home

Presenter: Cramer Peterson

Here is the LINK to the resources.