What are the class sizes like this year at Wood Acres?

[Anonymous]

Specifically I'm thinking about K and the early grades, but I'm happy to hear from anyone. Thanks

[Anonymous]

In K this year there are only 21 kids in 5 classes. There are 27 kids in 5 classes in first grade. Last year there were 25/26 kids per K class. I'm not quite sure why the number is lower this year but it's great! We've been overall very happy with Woodacres. Nice community of parents and children.

[Anonymous]

We are considering Wood Acres, but I wish I had a better sense for what the class sizes end up being. There is a big spread between 21-27 kids a class, and I'd be happy with 21, but not so much with 27. Any other info as to the other grades- ie: 2nd or 3rd? Thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are considering Wood Acres, but I wish I had a better sense for what the class sizes end up being. There is a big spread between 21-27 kids a class, and I'd be happy with 21, but not so much with 27. Any other info as to the other grades- ie: 2nd or 3rd? Thanks

Class size in any grade at any school really is a luck of the draw kind of thing and not a function of which school you choose (unless its private). Any public school could have a class size of 21 one year and 28 the next. Especially if you are looking at K...its impossible to know what the incoming class is going to be.

[Anonymous]

From the summer mail packet on the website:

Enrollment as of August 1, 2010
Kindergarten
105 students
5 Classes

Grade 1
135 students
5 Classes

Grade 2
132 students
5 Classes

Grade 3
129 students
5 Classes

Grade 4
112 students
4 Classes

Grade 5
104 students
4 Classes

[Anonymous]

Do all 5 classes have lunch and recess together? That seems like it would be overwhelming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do all 5 classes have lunch and recess together? That seems like it would be overwhelming.

I believe they do-- at least that is what I recall from the tour.

[Anonymous]

Each grade has its own lunch and recess periods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Each grade has its own lunch and recess periods.

I am not sure that's exactly accurate re: recess - I think some of the classes overlap on the playground. I recall from my tour that the 1st and 5th grades had recess overlap - which seems really undesireable, in my opinion. That may not be true any more but I am 99% sure that was accurate as of this spring.

[Anonymous]

Each grade has its own recess time now, but for 1st grade that's 135 kids out on the playground all at the same time. That seems pretty overwhelming to me.

[Anonymous]

I have a first grader and can confirm that the grades all have seperate lunches/recess this year. I have volunteered for lunch/recess duty a couple of times this year and the number of kids is actually not that bad since they can play on both the upper and lower black top and the field. I was also concerned about the number of kids but it actually goes a lot better than I thought it would!