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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi Op, my son is ADHD so I realize not the same though it is quite significant and he was medicated early as a result. I was also really nervous. I truly couldn't imagine my child doing well in a big classroom with a bunch of kids. I have been shocked at how well my son has done in public school (APS). His class is 22 kids (bigger than I would like but could be worse), there is a teacher and teacher's assistant in every classroom, two recesses. He has an IEP and as a part of that the special education teacher assigned to kindergarten is in his classroom two hours a day, supporting 3 students. It may not sound like a lot, but between specials, recess, lunch, she is there a good portion of the academic time. So during that time there are three teachers in the room, one particularly lasered in on my son and a couple others. The structure of public school has been much more helpful than I imagined and he is doing really well. Not just ok, WELL. Learning, happy, not disrupting others from what we've heard. It has been such a great surprise.

Hope you also have a good experience in Kindergarten wherever you end up![/quote]

Not OP, but thank you for sharing, this is very interesting. We are in Moco, Whitman cluster and in our home elementary K we have 28 kids and 1 teacher (non-special ed certified). It's shocking to see the difference between the neighboring school districts, given that the income levels are similar in Arlington and Bethesda.  [/quote]

Just because there are 28 this year does not mean that there will be 28 next year.  They might add a class and be in the low 20s.  Many MoCo schools have smaller classes (even non focus).  It just depends on the numbers and getting families to sign up for K early enough to hire teachers.  If 10 families wait till the first day of schools, they have few options.[/quote]

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