Brookfield Schools Request $84K for 9th Kindergarten Teacher

BROOKFIELD, CT — The Board of Education is requesting a special appropriation to cover an additional kindergarten teacher for the 2019-20 school year.

In a letter to the Board of Selectmen, School Chair Colette Sturm wrote that the schools need the new hire to handle kindergarten enrollment.higher than anticipated.

"While the district planned for 147 kindergarten students for the 2019-20 school year based on the most recent demographic results, we now have an anticipated kindergarten enrollment of at least 171 students," Sturm wrote in a letter dated June 20.

The increased enrollment would result in class sizes averaging just over 21 students, or "well above the recommended class size" of 17-20 students, Sturm wrote.

The school board is requesting a special appropriation of $84,490 for the 2019-20 fiscal year to cover the new hire, who would be the ninth kindergarten teacher for the district.