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[quote=Anonymous]Personally I think the maximums are ridiculous especially considering the level 2 children don't get included in the count. I don't think class size will be fixed unless the average class size is tweaked. Even if the max was by school instead of countywide, if there were two level 2 children in each classroom, the numbers could be 32 in grades 1-3 and 37 in grades 4-6. 37 in particular seems insane for a teacher to handle and just in terms of space. After 28 children, the classrooms at our school get too cramped to fit enough children and move around easily enough. And at 28 they are even still overly loud for learning. So including the level 2 students, we need a ratio of 26:1 just to fit everyone well enough in the classroom and not make it too overwhelming for the teacher. And really it needs to be an even lower ratio when you factor in that you don't get a new teacher until you have all additional 26.25 students and the average classroom sizes are calculated in Sept/Oct instead of through the year when more students arrive which at our school is about 2 more students per class per year. Currently the ratio for general ed is 26.25:1 whereas the state ratio is 24:1 in grades 1-3 and 25:1 in grades 4-6 or an average of 24.5. FCPS is meeting those ratios overall by putting additional teachers in title 1 schools and schools with high ESL students instead of giving each school the number of teachers it would get under the state law. These are the needs based staffing ratios.[/quote]

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