APS VA Class Size Recommended Max Class Size

[Anonymous]

Per grade they use to report the max recommended class size in class size reports, but now I just see the actual max at each school. Anyone know where they document that policy?

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

I am not sure what you mean by "recommended class size". They have a limit on class size, which they have to stay under.

[Anonymous]

I think she mean MAX size .

[Anonymous]

They don't stay under the max anymore. There are multiple classes at our elementary that are over the "limit". They probably don't want to publicize that. I bet the school board will vote to increase class sizes this year and never admit any issues.

[Anonymous]

APS makes it difficult to find information like this. I believe you have to look at the planning factors. https://www.apsva.us/budget-finance/planning-factors/

For this school year, for grades K/1, I believe the max class size is 24; for 2/3 it is 26; and for 4/5 it is 28.

They change the max level every year. They increased it twice in a row during the pandemic but I think for this year they lowered it slightly.

[Anonymous]

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-22-Class-Size-Report.pdf

This document has all of the elementary classes laid out by size and color coded for whether they are under, at, or over the planning factors. Middle and high school are more difficult to show, obviously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-22-Class-Size-Report.pdf

This document has all of the elementary classes laid out by size and color coded for whether they are under, at, or over the planning factors. Middle and high school are more difficult to show, obviously.

This document is 2 years old. My kids' APS elementary classrooms are much larger than this, and one of the grades has 1 less classroom this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don't stay under the max anymore. There are multiple classes at our elementary that are over the "limit". They probably don't want to publicize that. I bet the school board will vote to increase class sizes this year and never admit any issues.

+1 Also over the max at our elementary. With the teacher shortage they aren't even bothering looking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-22-Class-Size-Report.pdf

This document has all of the elementary classes laid out by size and color coded for whether they are under, at, or over the planning factors. Middle and high school are more difficult to show, obviously.

that's for last year. APS is not conforming to max limits this year and the info is not published.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-22-Class-Size-Report.pdf

This document has all of the elementary classes laid out by size and color coded for whether they are under, at, or over the planning factors. Middle and high school are more difficult to show, obviously.

that's for last year. APS is not conforming to max limits this year and the info is not published.

Talk to your principal. Some principals traded classroom teachers for other resource teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-22-Class-Size-Report.pdf

This document has all of the elementary classes laid out by size and color coded for whether they are under, at, or over the planning factors. Middle and high school are more difficult to show, obviously.

that's for last year. APS is not conforming to max limits this year and the info is not published.

Talk to your principal. Some principals traded classroom teachers for other resource teachers.

That's not what happened at our school. Why do you think APS is not making this information public anymore? It's so people can't see that they're overcrowding classes in violation of their max limits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-22-Class-Size-Report.pdf

This document has all of the elementary classes laid out by size and color coded for whether they are under, at, or over the planning factors. Middle and high school are more difficult to show, obviously.

that's for last year. APS is not conforming to max limits this year and the info is not published.

They only publish this info once a year, if memory serves. They publish enrollment data monthly, but the class size pdf is just once yearly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-22-Class-Size-Report.pdf

This document has all of the elementary classes laid out by size and color coded for whether they are under, at, or over the planning factors. Middle and high school are more difficult to show, obviously.

that's for last year. APS is not conforming to max limits this year and the info is not published.

Talk to your principal. Some principals traded classroom teachers for other resource teachers.

That's not what happened at our school. Why do you think APS is not making this information public anymore? It's so people can't see that they're overcrowding classes in violation of their max limits.

It looks like last year's was posted after Monique O'Grady asked for it. I would recommend contacting the school board about it.

[Anonymous]

Thank Mary Kadera for the increase in class sizes over the last several years, I think that was her idea in response to budget concerns. Previously APS had been preserving its smaller class sizes in relation to other school districts, but I don't think they're smaller anymore.