Safety and progress at risk in large, complex classes, say parents, teachers

In Susannah Killey’s fashion studies class, the teacher darts between 24 sewing machines, where 24 students work at different stages of 24 different projects.
“Kids would be lucky in an 82-minute block if they got help from me twice a class,” the Blessed Oscar Romero Catholic High School teacher said Wednesday.
Some students don’t get through all five credits of the course, even if she holds extra catch-up sessions after school.
She’s one of dozens of people who sha