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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Charters set a cap on class size.  So, you know for example, that the class size at Capital City is 25 students in 1st, 2nd, 3rd.  Not sure offhand about the other schools.

In MCPS, students have a right to attend based on address, so the class size can expand a lot.

The charters you've listed also tend to have more than one teacher in a class.  Where, MCPS at the K level can have one teacher, 30 kids.[/quote]

I'm not sure this is true about the MCPS class size.  Just a parent here, but my impression from a bunch of PTA meetings is that there is a cap on class size and if you go much above, you get another teacher.  Hence all the trailers on the playgrounds at so many Bethesda elementaries.  I suspect the class size at the DC charters is going to be smaller regardless, and I have no experience with them, so can't compare w/MCPS.

Our experience w/K (at a Bethesda public) has been more along the lines of 24 or 25 kids per class where each class has a teacher and a part-time aide.[/quote]

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