Kent Gardens class sizes

[Anonymous]

Is it true KG has some of the largest class sizes in FCPS? Do you feel like the teachers can handle such a big class? Any chance of class size decreasing next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it true KG has some of the largest class sizes in FCPS? Do you feel like the teachers can handle such a big class? Any chance of class size decreasing next year?

Size actually decreased this year.

[Anonymous]

I was told at an IEP meeting last spring that they were expecting 27-28 in the K's classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was told at an IEP meeting last spring that they were expecting 27-28 in the K's classes.

So then do they have teacher's helpers for these classes?

[Anonymous]

Yes, every Kinder in ffx county has a teacher and an instructional aide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was told at an IEP meeting last spring that they were expecting 27-28 in the K's classes.

You can find this data on the fairfax county website. Other schools such as Spring Hill and Chesterbrook and Haycock are huge also.

[Anonymous]

Churchill elementary, not Chesterbrook, is about the same size as KG.

http://www.fcps.edu/fts/dashboard/falldash09v2.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Churchill elementary, not Chesterbrook, is about the same size as KG.

http://www.fcps.edu/fts/dashboard/falldash09v2.html

Spring Hill is a huge school too.

I couldn't find the info on the dashboard, but here are the student:full time equivalent teacher ratios

Churchill Road: 25
Chesterbrook: 20
Kent Gardens: 19
Spring Hill: 21
Franklin Sherman: 17
Westbriar: 19
Wolftrap: 22
Archer: 33
Haycock: 32
Vienna: 18
Freedom Hill: 15
Marshall Road: 17
Flint Hill: 20

http://www.greatschools.org/cgi-bin/cs_compare/va/?level=e&area=c&county=Fairfax&sortby=stars_newrating&showall=1&tab=over