What are some examples of Option Two configurations?
Many districts that have a.m./p.m. kindergarten classes use Option Two – especially when facilities are at a premium or they are unable to hire additional teachers (or both). For example, if a district has kindergarten classes with 30 pupils in each class, the p.m. teacher can assist the a.m. teacher of 1/2 of the minutes in the morning, and the a.m. teacher can assist the p.m. teacher for 1/2 of the minutes in the afternoon, bringing the ratio down to 15:1 in each class. Option Two may be implemented in a variety of other ways as well. For example, if a district had classes of 30 pupils (in any of grade K-3), it could employ one additional teacher to make six Option Two classes of 20. It would do this by taking 10 pupils from each of two classes and sending them for reading and math instruction to the additional teacher for the first 50% of the instructional minutes. This would be repeated for the second 50% of the instructional minutes using 20 different pupils (10 each) from two add
