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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How common is to have over 30 students per class in upper elementary (grades 4-6) in FCPS?

My DC’s class this year has 32 students. Is this too crowded for an elementary school or is it now more of a norm?[/quote]

Normally the school will try and bring in another Teacher when a class hits 30.

DS had 31 in first grade. His case was probably different then yours though. His school could not hire a second teacher because it was a Language Immersion class so the requirements were different because the Teacher had to speak the target language. The school also knew that the class would shrink as the year goes on. I think they were down to 28 at the end of the year. His 5th grade class had 22 kids in it. I expect that his class will have 20 this year, I know that kids moved this summer and kids cannot be added to the class unless they are fluent in the target language.

I would guess that classes with over 30 students in them are schools were they were not able to hire another Teacher or a Teacher resigned before the school year started and they are spreading kids over the remaining classes. Or it is a Center LIV class and finding a Teacher with the qualification is not possible.
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