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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think my kid has 5 classes per his grade in ES. I am not sure if class size, but I believe it is 20-24 kids. I hope it will stay at 5 classes next school year. [/quote]

That is small. Wish that was the number at every school.[/quote]

If I understand the email we got correctly, 5th grade classes can be up to 31 students. With the new max we are losing a class, so going from numbers like yours to the max for every class. I would not assume your classes will stay small.[/quote]

I am struggling to understand exactly how this relates to the staff reductions that have been described but it seems they are obviously related (if you increase class size you can get rid of teachers)[/quote]

If you have a maximum class size set, then the moment you hit that max in enrollment you have to add another class and redistribute the students accordingly.  So this is _probably_ about raising the allowable maximum by 1 across the board.  That would in turn result in fewer 'splits' like I just described and allow there to be fewer teachers overall.  On this model, some schools could see the impact on the ground and others might not, but there would be overall savings at the district level.  I cannot guarantee that this is how it is working (have not researched it), but it would be one way to do it.[/quote]

It works something like that, except that MCPS doesn't really have class size maximums, it has guidelines. So there is always some vagueness about when a new class will need to be added or if classes just stay a bit above the guideline.[/quote]

What are those guidlines currently, if you know?[/quote]

In the FY 24 operating budget, they were:

Classroom teacher positions for Grades K–5 are allocated based on enrollment projections to Kindergarten using a class size guideline of 24, to Grades 1–2 using a class size guideline of 25, to Grade 3 using a class size guideline of 26, and to Grades 4-5 using a class size guideline of 28. Additional classroom teacher positions are provided to focus and Title I schools to Grades K–2 using a class size guideline of 18, to Grade 3 using a class size guideline of 24, and to Grades 4-5 using a class size guideline of 26.[/quote]

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