We are considering making the following changes:
 
*Siblings would be in the same classroom, thus shifting our classrooms to mix-aged groups and eliminating our current looping system.
*Staff with children would be in the same classroom together.
*Staff who live together would become co-teachers in a classroom.
 
These changes would mean:
*Your child would most likely be moved to a different classroom with different staff and children.
*Your child will now be in a mixed age classroom.
*This change would remain in effect until LCLA deems it safe to return to our original looping and non-traditional system. At that time, LCLA would consider child development and staffing needs to recreate looping groups.
 
We are considering this change because our focus needs to be the safety of our families and staff, but we know that we are asking you to make yet another sacrifice that will have an impact on your child’s social-emotional development. LCLA is committed to making this change using trauma sensitive practices for the transitions, and with the support of an Instructional Coach/Teacher Mentor who will work with all our staff to help implement curriculum that will continue to create academic and social-emotional growth in a mixed age setting.