Elementary class sizes

[Anonymous]

Open House at our elementary school this morning. Lots of big classes in comparison to other years. K at max size (25), first grade over max size (27,28), same story in second grade.
Are these class sizes typical in other schools?

[Anonymous]

MCPS raised the class size guidelines a year or two ago. Depressing but not unusual. Our K was also 25-26 kids.

[Anonymous]

Were you underwhelmed or overwhelmed by your Open house visit today?

[Anonymous]

We have 23 kids in both second and forth grade classrooms. Non title 1 or focus group.

[Anonymous]

This is why I don’t understand who the people are who buy into the “ good schools” crap that realtors put out.
The school might have high test scores so look better on paper. I guarantee my kid did better at her east county focus school with 14 kids in the class ( K-2nd) with more attention than she would have in a cohort of 25.
The only disruptive kids were kids with autism mainstreamed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why I don’t understand who the people are who buy into the “ good schools” crap that realtors put out.
The school might have high test scores so look better on paper. I guarantee my kid did better at her east county focus school with 14 kids in the class ( K-2nd) with more attention than she would have in a cohort of 25.
The only disruptive kids were kids with autism mainstreamed.

Same. The large class sizes in the western part of the county were a big part of what sent us to Silver Spring. That way we had enough income to do private if we needed, but we haven’t yet (oldest is in seventh).

[Anonymous]

We had 27 in 1st last year, but now we are at 20 in 2nd because our school became a focus school. I think the only way to know you will have these smaller classes is by being in a focus or Title 1 school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why I don’t understand who the people are who buy into the “ good schools” crap that realtors put out.
The school might have high test scores so look better on paper. I guarantee my kid did better at her east county focus school with 14 kids in the class ( K-2nd) with more attention than she would have in a cohort of 25.
The only disruptive kids were kids with autism mainstreamed.

Right ok. Your kid did "better"...but what about in two or three years when peers are most important and your kid's peers are ...well not academic. I'd be careful gloating about your kid doing "better" with the poors as the long term shake out may play differently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why I don’t understand who the people are who buy into the “ good schools” crap that realtors put out.
The school might have high test scores so look better on paper. I guarantee my kid did better at her east county focus school with 14 kids in the class ( K-2nd) with more attention than she would have in a cohort of 25.
The only disruptive kids were kids with autism mainstreamed.

Right ok. Your kid did "better"...but what about in two or three years when peers are most important and your kid's peers are ...well not academic. I'd be careful gloating about your kid doing "better" with the poors as the long term shake out may play differently.

Ew, that's a lot of bias against a set of kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why I don’t understand who the people are who buy into the “ good schools” crap that realtors put out.
The school might have high test scores so look better on paper. I guarantee my kid did better at her east county focus school with 14 kids in the class ( K-2nd) with more attention than she would have in a cohort of 25.
The only disruptive kids were kids with autism mainstreamed.

Right ok. Your kid did "better"...but what about in two or three years when peers are most important and your kid's peers are ...well not academic. I'd be careful gloating about your kid doing "better" with the poors as the long term shake out may play differently.

Ew, that's a lot of bias against a set of kids.

+1 PP thinks kids from low income families of color are all "not academic". Doesn't realize most of them definitely care about school but are forced to attend school with a large minority of kids with big problems at home, thanks to the segregation that so many families like PP's fight tooth and nail to maintain.

[Anonymous]

We’re going to have 29/30 in grade 4 if the school can’t find a new teacher at the last minute. Last minute Enrollment was higher than expected.

[Anonymous]

We have 20 or 21 in all 4 homerooms in 5th grande at Viers Mill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re going to have 29/30 in grade 4 if the school can’t find a new teacher at the last minute. Last minute Enrollment was higher than expected.

The guideline is 28 so 29-30 is pretty much expected, right? Or even if it's a Title 1 or Focus school it's class sizes of 26. Is 29-30 in 4th and 5th uncommon for your school? It's pretty typical for ours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re going to have 29/30 in grade 4 if the school can’t find a new teacher at the last minute. Last minute Enrollment was higher than expected.

The guideline is 28 so 29-30 is pretty much expected, right? Or even if it's a Title 1 or Focus school it's class sizes of 26. Is 29-30 in 4th and 5th uncommon for your school? It's pretty typical for ours.

31 kids in my kid’s 4th grade classroom. I’ve never seen more than 28 kids in an ES classroom so if 29-30 is now MCPS’s standard, they need to cut fat from the central office and reduce class sizes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re going to have 29/30 in grade 4 if the school can’t find a new teacher at the last minute. Last minute Enrollment was higher than expected.

The guideline is 28 so 29-30 is pretty much expected, right? Or even if it's a Title 1 or Focus school it's class sizes of 26. Is 29-30 in 4th and 5th uncommon for your school? It's pretty typical for ours.

Our focus school rarely has classes over 20.