by Sydney Morrison ‘13

My World History class has 30 students, as does AP Lang. My AP Environmental class has 32 students. Way too many. Due to recent budget cuts, however, many schools including Sherwood have been forced to let go of numerous teachers. Fewer teachers mean fewer classes, which mean more students per classroom. Remember when classes used to have 25 kids? Now many classes regularly surpass 30 students, giving students less individual attention and much less leg room. To make matters worse, Sherwood has had to let go of a few amazing teachers in the past couple years as a result of staffing cuts. One such teacher was English teacher Grant Goodman. He was here for one year, during which time his old students from Hoover Middle School sent angry Facebook messages saying Sherwood stole him away. Unfortunately, Sherwood didn’t have the staffing to keep him, and the school had to hand him right back to Hoover. Interesting how schools like Farquhar Middle School can get a complete renovation while Sherwood doesn’t have the funding to retain enough staff. Because who needs teachers when you can have shiny new floors instead.