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Billings elementary school makes a 76-kid kindergarten class, with more 1-on-1 support as the goal

September 2, 2019 /

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It seemed a little crazy, creating what amounted to one 76-kid kindergarten classroom.

But Sandstone Elementary principal Mark Venner had good reason to sign off on the project. He’d seen what his teachers had done with a one-on-one intervention initiative with their students, using assessments to individualize instructions as much as they could.

That’s a challenge in any classroom, but especially for a school’s youngest students.