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The class photo for Brendan Enright and his kindergarten buddies at Woodroffe Avenue Public School depicts a group of adorable children with their six teachers.

In the course of his school week, five-year-old Brendan has another three teachers, who aren’t shown in the photo, for a total of nine.

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It’s crazy, says his mom Stephanie Millius, one of the parents lobbying against a package of changes proposed by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board that includes making all kindergarten classes bilingual.

One of the biggest concerns from some parents and teachers is the increase in the number of adults required in bilingual classrooms. They’re a mixture of teachers and early childhood educators, but as far as Brendan is concerned, they’re all teachers, and he can’t keep track of them.

“When his grandparents say, ‘Oh, what’s your teacher’s name?’, he just kind of stands there, silently,” says his mom. “I normally answer for him. Well, one teacher is Miss Erin, and your French teacher is Madame Dupuis, and … He’s just with so many people he doesn’t know how to respond.”