kindergartener will have 30 kids in his class!
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Anonymous
| Anyone have a positive experience in a big class? Anyone think it will be ok? if you had the choice, would you send your child ina class with undet 10 children or 30. I could.swing private For.kindergarten but then i would lose my spot At the School and not get it back. |
Anonymous
| I'd totally put my kids in a class of 30 with no hesitation. It's kindergarten. It's really no big deal. |
Anonymous
Me too. It's not like there is any correlation between class size and student achievement even in the later grades. |
Anonymous
| what about 35, 40, 50? What is the number that makes it too many? |
Anonymous
Well, I don't think kindergarten can be done effectively in a lecture hall setting, so ... 
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Anonymous
| Some of these posting are very strange. Most of these kids are coming from half day preschools with about 8-10 students to a teacher or full day preschools with about the same ratio or slightly higher. Yet, all of a sudden for the following year they should bump the class up to 30 or 35 students? This doesn't make much sense. Kindergarteners usually can't read, are learning to follow directions and get along in a classroom, and still need a lot of help with things. When you are older, you can better manage for yourself which is why class size isn't as big a deal, but I believe it is a big deal in the early years. |
Anonymous
what about a lecture hall if they had enough aides that make the overall ratio 25 to 1? |
Anonymous
| I have to wonder if many of these posters saying 30 per class in kindergarten is just fine are the ones who paid through the nose for the "sought after" school clusters, and are trying to justify it. They paid all that money for the schools, so ginormous class sizes must be ok, right? |
Anonymous
Can you please explain what yo mean by School clusters? this thread is about public School, so you are not paying money. Am i missing something? |
Anonymous
| I think the poster meant that they paid for an expensive house in a well to do area that feeds into a desirable high school. I was wondering that too or if these posters are teachers, administrators or politicians trying to convince people that money shouldn't be redirected towards class size reduction. |
Anonymous
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There are a lot of things to think about with this.
Is this a Title 1 school? Is it fullday K? Is it a lottry type program? Or a neighborhood school? You said the class was an immersion class - what grade does immersion start in? Are most of the classmates returning to the school - or are there a mix of new and old? How many specials are there each week? Since the school is taught in a foreign language - do you have other choices? Do you know the teacher? How long have they been teaching? What is his/her experience with K and a class this size? I ask these questions as each would tell me a little bit more about the situation and help me make a decision if it was a place I would consider for my child. Title 1: This can be an indicator for the class make-up. For some Title 1 neighborhood schools, you get a lot of movement throughout the year - both coming and going. This can be very disruptive for a classroom as each time a new classmate needs to figure out the routines. Title1: The school may have additional funds to support closing the achievement gap Fullday vs 1/2 day - if it was 30 students in a 1/2 day for a language immersion program - I would run as I would not think there would be enough time in the day to learn anything. There are a lot of posts about 'don't worry it is only K - ignore them - children need to come out of K reading. I am not saying they need to be able to read chapter books - simple books are fine. Lottery program vs neighborhood - for a lottery you obviously can back out and just go to your neighborhood school if this is a better option for you. Years of classmates in the immersion language. If this is the 1st year for the students it is very different than if most of the students were in PreK together. You would know a little more of the class culture, strengthes and weaknesses, and possible challenges (do any of the classmates have IEPs?) How many specials? Each special is a break for the teacher - do you have Art / Music / Gym / Library? anything else? finally, knowing the teacher's experience with the school may give you comfort. Hope this helps |
Anonymous
| Op here, thank you pp For your thoughtful post. I will try to answer questions: not a title 1 School. the School is a charter School, starting in kindergarten. Kids will all be new as there is no pre kindergarten. Most kids will be new to the language although my son has had experience with immersion schools and the target language. It will be an all day kindergarten class. 2 kindergarten classes, one teacher will be new to..the School, one has been there a few years. Have not yet received teacher assignments. why does the Number of students with IEPs matter? Will that affect the class? Our neighborhood will also have a large K class, not 30, but it will be big and no immersion program, which is what attracted us to the charter. We got in off the lottery waitlist. Big demand For this.School. What do you think? |
Anonymous
| Op here again, should have said neighborhood School, sorry. Also, i think there is pe, art and music but i am not sure how often, maybe once a week For each. |
Anonymous
I'm one of the people who said it's be fine if my kids were in kinder with 30 or more kids. But that's just for my kids. They all walked into kindergarten reading, and with experience following directions, knowing how to determine boys from girls bathroom, etc. Not all kids are like this. Some are overwhelmed in big groups, not reading, swayed by other kids, etc. |
Anonymous
Singapore. |