32 kids in my child’s lower elementary class?

[Anonymous]

that's uncomfortably high.

our K at Peabody has a teacher and aide for 19 kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a well regarded elementary—is this normal? They have one teacher and one aide.

Janney has had the large grade more than once - the administration tries to tell the parents how awesome their kids are and that it will be fine.
Disaster

Janney is a disaster that's been resting on its laurels for many years. There are some great teachers there that make it work and some not so great ones that make it worse. Between our kids there were 3 years where we had 27+ kids to a class and it was completely insane. We were glad we were able to get out. I realize not everyone has that option.

I’m surprised to hear this as we have had a great experience at Janney, and our kids have never had classes that large. I remember hearing about an unusually large grade cohort that was a few years before we got there, which may explain the 27+ kids to a class.

+1. My kids never had large classes at Janney either, but things can vary a lot from year to year. I thought I had read that enrollment was down from the pre COVID peak.

The year with the mega class and 2 teachers was a while ago- those kids are starting college this year.

[Anonymous]

I’ve heard the Maury kindergarten classes are huge this year and am wondering if that’s true and why that would be the case. Are there 3 or 4 classes and do they each have an aide?

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard the Maury kindergarten classes are huge this year and am wondering if that’s true and why that would be the case. Are there 3 or 4 classes and do they each have an aide?

That’s too bad. DCPS does not need to build anymore schools. DCPS also needs to stop building additions to schools in Northwest and Capitol Hill. There are plenty of seats available at schools in wards 7 and 8. Go to those schools. Oh wait, there’s a fear of black people so that would never happen.

[Anonymous]

No, you send your children to schools in Ward 7 or 8. We're going to send them a few blocks from us on Cap Hill with the children of friends and neighbors (including a whole bunch of black people).

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard the Maury kindergarten classes are huge this year and am wondering if that’s true and why that would be the case. Are there 3 or 4 classes and do they each have an aide?

That’s too bad. DCPS does not need to build anymore schools. DCPS also needs to stop building additions to schools in Northwest and Capitol Hill. There are plenty of seats available at schools in wards 7 and 8. Go to those schools. Oh wait, there’s a fear of black people so that would never happen.

At L-T, if they didn't build the extension, the school would have to massively reduce the number of OOB seats it offered with the result being that L-T would get more white. I don't see how a fear of block people is driving the extension? Unless you mean that the black kids who come are scared of black people in Wards 7 & 8? Somehow I suspect that is not the case.

You realize that if NW and Capitol Hill schools didn't expand, the IB kids still wouldn't have to go elsewhere... right?

[Anonymous]

I don’t think Maury’s Kinder classes are that big. But I don’t know numbers. Can anyone share?

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Not sure how or why DCPS won't add a teacher. I used to teach in DCPS many years back and then I left for MCPS. I have never had a class bigger than 24 in MCPS in non focus or Title 1 schools.

In MCPS focus school or Title 1 schools my class sizes were usually 12-14 with para support for mornings and afternoons...

It has been a dream!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure how or why DCPS won't add a teacher. I used to teach in DCPS many years back and then I left for MCPS. I have never had a class bigger than 24 in MCPS in non focus or Title 1 schools.

In MCPS focus school or Title 1 schools my class sizes were usually 12-14 with para support for mornings and afternoons...

It has been a dream!

Not sure which school in MCPS you’ve been attending but it’s been pretty common for my kids to have 28-32 kids in their ES classes (non focus/low FARMs school.) The guideline is 29 kids in ES so schools can go 1-2 over before getting permission to add a new teacher and if new kids enroll a few days before school starts, it’s not like MCPS can move that quickly to find a new teacher.

My interaction with DCPS parents suggests that students there generally have smaller classes both in ES and MS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure how or why DCPS won't add a teacher. I used to teach in DCPS many years back and then I left for MCPS. I have never had a class bigger than 24 in MCPS in non focus or Title 1 schools.

In MCPS focus school or Title 1 schools my class sizes were usually 12-14 with para support for mornings and afternoons...

It has been a dream!

Not sure which school in MCPS you’ve been attending but it’s been pretty common for my kids to have 28-32 kids in their ES classes (non focus/low FARMs school.) The guideline is 29 kids in ES so schools can go 1-2 over before getting permission to add a new teacher and if new kids enroll a few days before school starts, it’s not like MCPS can move that quickly to find a new teacher.

My interaction with DCPS parents suggests that students there generally have smaller classes both in ES and MS.

DCPS max is supposed to be set to 25 (teachers actually have to get paid extra if they have more than that) for upper ES and 20 for lower ES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure how or why DCPS won't add a teacher. I used to teach in DCPS many years back and then I left for MCPS. I have never had a class bigger than 24 in MCPS in non focus or Title 1 schools.

In MCPS focus school or Title 1 schools my class sizes were usually 12-14 with para support for mornings and afternoons...

It has been a dream!

Not sure which school in MCPS you’ve been attending but it’s been pretty common for my kids to have 28-32 kids in their ES classes (non focus/low FARMs school.) The guideline is 29 kids in ES so schools can go 1-2 over before getting permission to add a new teacher and if new kids enroll a few days before school starts, it’s not like MCPS can move that quickly to find a new teacher.

My interaction with DCPS parents suggests that students there generally have smaller classes both in ES and MS.

Then your MCPS school is not the norm or it may be a high enrollment year. But typically 24 is the norm.