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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kindergarten class sizes in APS are all over the place. Some of the “Lilly white privileged schools” that come under attack here had some pretty big classes last year. A swing of 2-3 enrollments can be the difference between a 17-19 kid class and a 24-25 kid class.

I can’t emphasize the importance of having a small class size in the younger years. Shame APS doesn’t value it, but its worth paying for. [/quote]
It's not about valuing small class sizes, but about enrollment.  When kids enroll late, schools can be caught short of enough teachers.  Our elementary tends to fluctuate between 3-4 kindergarten classes.  One year they thought they only had enough kids for three classes, so didn't hire.  Then they had a dozen kids register on the first day.  That year the k classes were huge.[/quote]

They are willing to plan for 24 kids in a class. If you have 48 kids, you have 2 classes. If a dozen register on day 1, you’ve made an awful situation catastrophic. Sorry, but no one is learning that year.[/quote]

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