City's increase in kindergartners leaves less room to learn

When it’s almost commonplace in a classroom for one kindergartner to have a potty accident at the same time another is crying because of a cut finger, the last thing a teacher needs is two additional students to care for.

But growing class sizes are a scenario that has become all too real for San Francisco Unified School District teachers, who are facing the pain induced by shrinking school revenue at the same time enrollment is soaring.