Not having 21 kids in class

[Anonymous]

Has anyone heard about this? Quince orchard high school is not be offering a class because it has less than 21 students. They are projected to have 20 students. Is this happening anywhere else?

[Anonymous]

Yes, our school doesn't offer a lot of classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, our school doesn't offer a lot of classes.

This is a class they had and because they only have 20 students, they won't offer the next year.

[Anonymous]

Hard to justify when most classes have around 30, especially if this teacher is needed more for another section or class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hard to justify when most classes have around 30, especially if this teacher is needed more for another section or class.

It would be helpful if they'd align all the HS schedules and offer these classes virtually.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Which clas

[Anonymous]

Wouldn't they decide this towards the end of the summer?

There are always schedule changes in the summertime, and they could get to the number to run the class.

[Anonymous]

It’s up to the principal. I had a MS principal tell me I needed at least 20 students in one grade for him to split a mixed grade elective. He had previously been combining 3 electives in one period.

[Anonymous]

DC is in a class with 5 student at her mcps hs. Maybe it depends on the class and/or school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s up to the principal. I had a MS principal tell me I needed at least 20 students in one grade for him to split a mixed grade elective. He had previously been combining 3 electives in one period.

That’s normal to have mixed classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s up to the principal. I had a MS principal tell me I needed at least 20 students in one grade for him to split a mixed grade elective. He had previously been combining 3 electives in one period.

That’s normal to have mixed classes.

It’s not normal to train teachers for these scenarios. It’s the kids that lose out when teachers are treated like babysitters

[Anonymous]

I hope all the Wootton parents that threw a similar fit are reading this with their "MCPS has it out for us" outlook....if kids dont sign up the class will get cancelled. I can't see how this is rocket science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s up to the principal. I had a MS principal tell me I needed at least 20 students in one grade for him to split a mixed grade elective. He had previously been combining 3 electives in one period.

That’s normal to have mixed classes.

It’s not normal to train teachers for these scenarios. It’s the kids that lose out when teachers are treated like babysitters

At our schools it normal. It’s not babysitting

[Anonymous]

Part of the inherent soft bias in the system, ensuring fewer high-level/rigorous classes at schools serving less-well-off areas. Eliminating a class at a particular school means less awareness of that class and less (or no) planning for taking prerequisites for that class.

Then there becomes less "community pull" to have that class at all, so the class is far less likely to be reinstated in the future (even if the teacher capable has been retained to teach alternate classes, and that does not always occur). Students with capability/interest in those schools are left out in the cold.

The prior post about utilizing virtual to ensure access would be one way to start to right this particular ship.