FTFA:

The district doesn't have enough teachers in gym, music and art to teach those subjects to the kindergarten classes, so the kindergarten teachers have to teach them, which doesn't allow time for them to have a planning period.

To give the teachers time to plan, kindergarten pupils whose buses arrive early are being sent to the gym, where they are to sit with their backs to the wall until the bell rings at 9 a.m.

but:

In other business, the school board approved applying for a grant from Highmark for its Healthy High 5 bullying prevention program.

The program focuses on the bystanders, rather than bullies or their victims, teaching other kids to intervene to stop bullying when they see it, said Ian Magness, principal of the Centennial School.

"Creating a negative stigma around bullying at Centennial is a passion of mine," Mr. Magness said.

Five school districts in Western Pennsylvania will be chosen to have the program fully funded by Highmark at $30,000 over three years, he said.

We can't find time for our teachers to have a planning period, and we can't find money for gym, music and art teachers, so we'll make our kids SIT AGAINST A FARKING WALL for half an hour until we can get around to them. But, by gum, we're going to find a way to teach them that bullying is bad! Why, the company offering the program will even waive its $30K yearly fee for the first three years!

This school board is fundamentally broken.