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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By disruptive, do you mean having kids move schools?  Would you feel differently if they opened them gradually with just K and 1st grade and growing the school as those kids move up until it's fully populated K-5?  I didn't attend, since we're still a few years away from kindergarten, but are following the issues with interest.  I think the difference between a class with 26 or 28 kids of a wide range of abilities is a big difference from a class with 20-21 kids or a private school class of 16-18 with potential fewer disparities.

We are happy with the school we are zoned for in terms of performance, but are concerned about size.  And, if they do redistrict, we know that we are in a neighborhood likely to be impacted.  DH and I have already begun discussing our thoughts on the various options, including the local parochial or applying for private.[/quote]

I don't know how they would use the "new" schools. But, yes, I think it would be disruptive to remove a sizeable portion of a school and put it in a new building. Would decimate the PTA, for one thing.

The thing about class size is this: Intuition tells you that smaller class sizes are better, ergo larger class sizes are "bad." But the empirical studies done in this area don't support this, except in very limited circumstances where the kids are disadvantaged. At the end of the day, teachers still teach the same way. Things like more ESL, higher poverty rates, more divorces (single parent homes) and households in which both parents work are bigger contributors to less achievement. At least that's what the studies indicate.[/quote]

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