[MOSAIC] ELA time being cut at my school

[PAltm81324 at aol.com]

Recently our new middle school schedule was unveiled for next year and it is 
cutting ELA time in the whole school but especially in our 6th grade.   
Currently our 6th graders have two periods of ELA so that we can adequately cover   
both reading and writing. Next year we will have one period a day, 39 minutes 
in length and each class will get an additional 39 minutes once every 6 days.  
 All of us who teach ELA are shocked by this. This is being done mainly so 
that the students can take a foreign language every day versus every other like 
we currently have.

I teach in NY in a district in Westchester County where education is valued 
by most parents. Any suggestions how to get the word out to parents and get 
them to complain about this. This is so unfair to the students. I'm not sure how 
the teachers who will be teaching this are going to be able to cover both 
reading and writing in this short time amount.

Pat - NY - grade 6