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CEDAR RAPIDS — Lauren Wilson, a special education teacher at Grant Elementary School, teaches kids with “big emotions.”

To help the students regulate their emotions, Wilson incorporates movement, having the kids lift heavy objects, wiggle, stretch and other physical activity that can help reduce their anxiety and agitation.

But the Grant Elementary school building is “limiting,” Wilson said. She shares a classroom with another special education teacher. They both have 20 students on their rosters, although only up to 10 are in the classroom at the same time.

“We don’t have room to take a student and let their body do what they need to do because we’re limited on space,” Wilson said.

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