Colfax first grade now fully staffed

A patchwork of staff has been called in to help teach the oversized first grade class at Jennings Elementary in Colfax. An enrollment of 28 first graders this September left the administration with a class too big for one teacher but too small for two.

The total of 28 first graders is a low amount for the district which has had declining enrollment for a number of years.

The administration has hired an additional part-time aide and Jan Varnes, school librarian, will come over from the high school to assist three periods a day. The library will be closed for those periods.

Principal Tom Arlt al...