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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eek! Tips on “surviving”? She’s a pretty quiet kid. This is not typical for the school, necessarily, but due to various factors that’s how it’s going to be. I’m nervous for her…[/quote]

In some states there are class size limits for elementary grades written into legal code, and if the district doesn't comply then you can sue. As soon as they know you intend to sue, they tend to fix it, because school boards hate to add yet another lawsuit to their plate. You need to look up the law for your state to see if that is an option. Here's some general info.

https://www.nctq.org/blog/A-sizable-opportunity:-thinking-strategically-about-class-size[/quote]

Class size laws in some states are based on an average for the entire school. So in my state and at our school, they mandate a maximum of 22 children per class or something. But in reality, an actual classroom may have 32+ kids because the area’s special behavioral support program is housed in our school, so those two classrooms of 6 kids and 2 teachers and multiple paras make the overall average still less than the maximum legal number of kids per class. [/quote]

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