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Flora Singer has about 750 students, though.  Better to build schools big enough to hold more students than to cram them in.  It's public school, so if the kids are in MoCo they are entitled to an education.  I think MoCo should have built these new schools expecting the population will rise, and in many cases rise dramatically.  See the many threads on schools and real estate, with many Forest Glen/Flora Singer boosters (I'm one of them).  We're very happy at the school, but it is something to think about.

[b]FWIW, I went to elementary school with about 1,700 students. [/b] It was a great, blue ribbon school.  It's all in how you structure it.  [/quote]

Good heavens. Where?[/quote]

Upstate NY small city.  Class sizes were in the low 20s.  Classes were organized into teams and those teams were put in 'houses' so you intermixed with a much smaller group of students.  Houses had separate dedicated counselors, assistant principal, etc.  It was not at all overwhelming.  [/quote]

Downingtown, PA area has taken an innovative approach to the booming population - they have a school just for 6th grade.  It has many classes and a really great atmosphere.  I'm not saying its the answer, but innovative thinking is important.[/quote]

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