DES MOINES, Iowa — A teacher at Des Moines Public Schools is now weighing in on why she thinks the $265 million bond referendum is crucial for the district.
Amber Graeber has worked in the district since 2010. She now teaches only one social studies class at Roosevelt High School. Her husband is the principal of Capitol View Elementary School and served on the Reimagine Education Committee, led by now Interim Superintendent Matt Smith, which created the idea behind the bond referendum. Graeber’s kids also attend schools in the district.
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Graeber’s one class at Roosevelt has 35 students, but she said the room doesn’t have enough space for her to teach them comfortably.
“This money is going to allow us to open up classroom spaces and modernize those spaces so we’re going to move the capacity of each classroom, so I’m going to be able to get between desks to get to groups of students without like stepping over backpacks or bumping into kids,” she said…