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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When our son was in K, he had 27 kids in his K class with one to two aids (varied during the year). Option 1 absolutely did not happen. Don't kid yourself, Arlington will absolutely jam as many kids as possible in that it can, the kids will be all over the learning spectrum, and the teachers will do their best but there is limited focus on the individual kid in a 27 kid classroom. 
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Where was this? The recommended max classroom size in APS is 24 and the average size is 20.6 in 2019, 21.3 in 2018. We have never had a K class size over 21. [/quote]

All of the K classes were well over 21. The smallest was 24 and the largest was 27. Midway through year they added the second aid when we got to 27. I want to say we started at 25. Sorry that this smashes the notion that all Arlington schools behave the same way or follow the rules, but it's the reality. We should have had 5 classrooms, we did not. [/quote]

Which school?

Maybe they had to rework classes because of the hybrid/virtual assignments. This is atypical class sizes in an extremely atypical year.

I've never heard of K larger than 22 (outside of covid). 
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It definitely depends on the school.  Abingdon, ASFS, ATS, Ashlawn, and Claremont often have a class size of bigger than 22.[/quote]

Not for K... 
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