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[quote=Anonymous]I am 22:56, and am a former elementary teacher.  I taught music, but sometimes sat in on the placement meetings as I had experience with all of the children.  At our school (I was in LCPS, but think FCPS works the same way) a card was assigned to each child.  The teachers sat around a table and started pulling cards one at a time.  Oftentimes, teachers enjoyed having younger siblings of former students (or not).  There is a large emphasis on balancing a ratio of boys and girls.  There is often discussion of keeping certain children/personalities separated for various reasons.  At my children's current FCPS school, I get the impression that they worked to balance out having children with prior preschool experience in each class (at least for K placement).  They also balanced out the numbers of non-English speakers.  Also taken into consideration are general parent recommendations, and requests for certain children to not be together.  As far as academic abilities, my experience as a parent has been that it seems balanced with regard to children who seem to struggle, are average, or advanced. (just a perception, obviously I have no idea about the skills of each child).   In the upper grades, especially if there is a Local Level IV class with spaces available, academics are the main consideration, at least at my older son's school.[/quote]

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