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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How big are the Ross class sizes? A friend was saying her daughter's K class had 26 kids, and she heard that the 2nd through 5th grade classes were similar (1st was somehow organized differently). That seemed really large for a title 1 school, but I didn't know if the neighborhood had an elementary school boom.  [/quote]

They are pretty big but often have two teachers (the rooms are large). [/quote]

Yeah, I visiting Ross this year and they are very limited by the size/layout of their building. Basically, the bottom floor has admin (garden level, partially underground), then the next two floors have all the classrooms. Each of these floors are essentially just a big square "hallway" (maybe 12 x 12?) with four classrooms around it. That's it. Then the fourth floor (recently renovated) is the library. There's no other spaces. The classrooms themselves, though, are spacious and well lit. So they have one class per grade, and it's on the larger side, as that's what the building requires. The space is actually nice, but it is and feels old (though very well maintained - I'd almost say historic feeling?) and there's no cafeteria/gym/etc.  I would call it cozy. The vibes are excellent. Students are engaged and generally pretty well behaved. They try to get them outside as much as humanly possible - they have a field and playground, and picnic tables outside - they usually eat lunch outside.

I do think, especially since so many charters are accused of "cherry picking" their students (cough, basis, cough) that it's reasonable to note that they do not have a robust special education team because of their size, so kids with serious special needs are transferred to other schools. There is no self-contained classroom of any type. It is, in their defense, the smallest DCPS school.

Anyway, feel free to turn down your K seat, we'd def take it (lol, we're like #30 on the waitlist, not happening). [/quote]

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