Genesee Will Limit Student Teachers

School trustees have decided to limit the number of student teachers allowed in the district, citing parents’ concerns that too little of their children’s education is coming from trained professionals.

The policy adopted earlier this week restricts to three the number of student teachers allowed in Genesee schools. No more than two student teachers will be allowed per year in the secondary school and only one student teacher will be allowed at the elementary level.

Genesee secondary students during the 1995-96 school year received 60 percent of their instruction from student teachers, Superintendent David Newmann said. “Some parents had a problem with that, and we decided to limit the number to keep that from happening again.” , DataTimes