How many kids are in your child's pre-k3 class?
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Anonymous
| We had our orientation today and there are 21!!! kids in our child's pre-k3 class. That just seems like way too many for me. I was told that there would only be 15 and so it was disappointing to find out otherwise. When I approached the teacher about my concern, she said that they will likely have some attrition and not to worry. |
Anonymous
You have three teachers, right? Hate to say it, but that is life in public school. You never know how many in the class the next year or who will be coming in or leaving mid year. It is something I dislike, but free preK 3 is a great and rare benefit so if the classroom is good otherwise, should not matter in the end. |
Anonymous
They say there is PreK cap but it seems a little flexible from past experience. |
Anonymous
| 21 is really high. We have been at 2 different charters for PreK3 and each time we had 2 teachers and an aid with no more than 18 students. |
Anonymous
| No, that's not life in DCPS. The limit is 16 as far as I know (18 for pre-K), with one teacher and one aid in the classroom. If there are 21 - possibly because ages are mixed and divvied out again in some way - then there would indeed need to be 3 teachers. But the teacher student ratio isn't the only thing to look at. Space counts for something, too. If it's a large group with roughly one competent adult for each 8 kids, then there needs to be breakout space. I can't imagine 21 3yo in a bunch, no matter how many adults are standing around. |
Anonymous
| There are two PK-3 classes at our school. In our class we have 16, with one teacher and one aid. The teacher said the max could only go up to 18. |
Anonymous
| Last year DC's class had 15 students with 3 teachers |
Anonymous
| What school? Or are you intending to remain obtuse? |
Anonymous
| This must be a charter, as DCPs has strict limits of 15 for PK3, 16 if there is an early stages placement. What school OP? |
Anonymous
| At ITS we had 22 student with 2 Teachers and an aide. |
Anonymous
| Ours has 18. |
Anonymous
+1 and it worked lovely. |
Anonymous
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21 3 year olds in one classroom is A LOT of 3 year olds. Especially since some are going to be really young 3s who might still need a lot of help in the bathroom etc.
Most private preschools will have classes of 8-10 3 year olds with several adults in the room. 15 seems more reasonable for public preschool. 21 is just nuts. |
Anonymous
Maybe this is why IT'S has the 3 strikes and your out potty rule |
Anonymous
| In DC's PK3 (DCPS) class last year, we had 15 kids. This year for PK4, we have 16 kids. I heard one of the HRCS have 22 kids in their PK4 class. |