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[quote=Anonymous][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]
Nah, it's more like they thought they had 66 kids, or three classes of 22.  If a dozen kids register the first day, then you have classes of 26.  But one classroom was too small (closet sized) so that class couldn't fit 26, so it had 24.  They put those two kids into a big classroom, so it had 28, and added a second assistant.  Not ideal.  [/quote]

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