Class Sizes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ancient history but I remember at our MoCo ES in the 70's the teacher complained about class size. It was well over 30. Did we have 32? 35? Not sure. What I remember as the only impact was ... the teacher talking about it all the time. All the time - that was the awful part.

Yep, 31-35 was standard back then even in ES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there somewhere I can find the maximum class sizes for elementary school? I tried searching the MCPS site but wasn't able to locate any info.

Why would they put that in writing? The answer for max class size is up to the fire inspector. The schools couldn't care less how many students are crammed into a classroom. The more, the higher their salaries.

Nice try. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:18 in 1st grade (focus school). Happy about that because last year all the kindergarten classes ended up being ~21-23 students per class.

Do focus schools have an aide or other adult in the class with the kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 in 1st grade (focus school). Happy about that because last year all the kindergarten classes ended up being ~21-23 students per class.

Do focus schools have an aide or other adult in the class with the kids?

Not by default. It would depend on para staffing, and if there were students in the class needing extra support.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:4th grade CES-26
2nd grade-18

Isn’t CES supposed to be at the cap, 28?

There is no cap. Unenforceable "guidelines."

But the PP is correct that CES classes are typically 28 students.

I'm not sure but my daughter was adamant that there are 26 people in her class...maybe they are awaiting responses on wait list offers. I'll update if it changes.

[Anonymous]

Kindergarten - 26 kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 in 1st grade (focus school). Happy about that because last year all the kindergarten classes ended up being ~21-23 students per class.

Do focus schools have an aide or other adult in the class with the kids?

Not by default. It would depend on para staffing, and if there were students in the class needing extra support.

Thanks. I assume there aren't extra paras this year either, with the school staff shortages everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4th grade CES-26
2nd grade-18

Isn’t CES supposed to be at the cap, 28?

Different poster, my kid’s fifth grade CES has 29.

[Anonymous]

K- 15
3rd- 17
6th- don't know, but it's in a different cluster so probably huge

[Anonymous]

The largest class any of my kids ever had was a FIRST grade class of 31, years ago, at overcrowded Bethesda Elementary. That year was a complete sh1tshow.

Now in middle and high school, the math classes are about 30, and the rest a little smaller.

[Anonymous]

My high schooler claims classes of 40– none less than 36. Rooms crammed with desks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there somewhere I can find the maximum class sizes for elementary school? I tried searching the MCPS site but wasn't able to locate any info.

Why would they put that in writing? The answer for max class size is up to the fire inspector. The schools couldn't care less how many students are crammed into a classroom. The more, the higher their salaries.

No fire inspector has ever trumped MCPS. They just re-write the max number for the room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 in 1st grade (focus school). Happy about that because last year all the kindergarten classes ended up being ~21-23 students per class.

Do focus schools have an aide or other adult in the class with the kids?

Yes. Dedicated Para the whole day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 in 1st grade (focus school). Happy about that because last year all the kindergarten classes ended up being ~21-23 students per class.

Do focus schools have an aide or other adult in the class with the kids?

Yes. Dedicated Para the whole day

That may be true in some classrooms, but not all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 in 1st grade (focus school). Happy about that because last year all the kindergarten classes ended up being ~21-23 students per class.

Do focus schools have an aide or other adult in the class with the kids?

No usually