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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]there are hundreds of open listings not filled right now, I do wonder about effects on class sizes [/quote]

That’s why I’m not concerned when I hear/read families leaving or thinking about leaving whether or is for private, home school, or another district. When I first taught in MCPS, my classes regularly had 35 kids. One year, my smallest class was 38. It was bad for everyone. People on DCUM like to say that MCEA only cares about teacher pay and days off, but I remember that fight to reduce class sizes. We know from research that kids thrive more when classes are smaller. It’s one of the selling points of private school. I dread watching class sizes go back up. I’d rather teach 6 reasonably-sizes classes out of 8 blocks on an A/B day schedule than 5 huge classes out of 7 on a traditional 45 min period day. Thank goodness for those departing and let’s hope wherever they go that the grass is green enough that they stay there until MCPS is able to recruit sufficient staff. [/quote]

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