Background Check

Figured I'd give you all a brief overview of my class and school so it will put everything else in perspective. I am a first grade teacher at a Title I, arts integrated magnet school in a suburban school district in South Carolina. I have fifteen students in my class: nine girls/six boys, eleven African Americans/three Hispanics and one Caucasian. There are two languages spoken in my classroom: English and Spanish, with one student speaking almost exclusively the latter. I have two repeaters and most of my class is either on grade level or below; I only have one "higher level" student," if that's what you'd like to call it. At our school, children participate in Spanish, Art, Computers, Dance, Drums, Music and P.E. They may also play string instruments if they are accepted.