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How many students in your child's FCPS elementary school class?
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Anonymous
They did say in the letter I received last week that things could "change"...which I assume means yes, they might hire a new teacher and place students from the exisiting 3 classes into a new class. I know that will not be fun, but if it is done quickly, then the kids can have slightly smaller class sizes for the rest of the year. I think the pro outweighs the con here. I'm thinking they had people register last week and didn't have time to get a teacher in place. I guess we'll hear soon. |
Anonymous
This all sounds crazy. I thought the max was 28 kids per elementary class...how can all these older classes have 30+? And do you mean your DS's 3rd grade class has 26 third graders PLUS a mystery number of extra leftover fourth graders? And all the other classes of third graders have 26? 
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Anonymous
| What school has 16 in their K classes? It seems hugely disparate to have some with 28 and some with 16! |
Anonymous
| 25 in K |
Anonymous
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21 students
4th grade |
Anonymous
I would assume the smaller class size is at a Title I school. The 28/29 figure is at a former HDK school - most of them see a pretty big uptick in enrollment the year they switch to FDK because parents who would have shelled out for private K for the full-day option now don't have to. I would think quite a few of the former HDK schools are seeing big K class sizes this year. |
Anonymous
| 19 in K (and not a Title I school) |
Anonymous
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Interesting-our school was a former half-day K that also was redistricted to include more students and we "only" have 20 in my son's kindergarten class. (20 seemed like a lot of 5 year olds to me until I read that some of you have 28+!)
Good point on the parents who would have done private full day kindergarten--I know our neighbors were going to do private until the switch. |
Anonymous
28 is the max in kindergarten (FCPS); in 1st thru 6th grade it is 30 kids per class. To the PP with the kindergarten class of 28 -- don't get all excited about a new class opening up just yet. My DD had 27-28 the entire year. My DS just started kindergarten today and his class also has 28 (all four classrooms are the same). Seems pretty standard to me. My DD now has 30 in her class (she is above 1st grade). I don't expect another class to be started. |
Anonymous
my daughter is in the class with 28 students - the other 2 have 29. They have exceeded the "limit" - being completely new to all of this, I have no idea what is going to happen here. I am just going on what the registrar told me when we took in our paperwork a couple weeks ago once our contract was ratified on our home purchase (we JUST moved into the neighborhood this week and don't know anyone). I guess we'll start hearing the gossip this afternoon in the pick-up line. |
Anonymous
| So if a class has more than 30 in 1st-6th, they have to hire a new teacher? How do people end up with more than 30 per class, then? |
Anonymous
The article in the Fairfax Times last week foced on Sunrise Valley in Reston where last year, the one K teacher had 30 kids per class, AM and PM. Now, they have 3 and they have 20 per class. It could be a staffing numbers, too. |
Anonymous
| I imagine that one K teacher keeping track of 60 kids in a day last year consumed large quantities of vodka and/or excedrin after hours. |
Anonymous
No doubt - I seriously considered buying my daughter's teacher a case of wine, because I know I would personally need it to deal with that many 5 year olds! |
Anonymous
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http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20110902/NEWS/709029728/-1/full-day-kindergarten-in-fairfax-means-adjustments-for-teachers&template=fairfaxTimes
Here's the article. They are touting lower class sizes as an advantage? Guess it doesn't apply across the board. |