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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Overcrowding has kids sitting on the floor at MCPS school, parents demand action. This was the title with a photo of Ashburton ES. Is this true at ES or more likely in the high schools where student populations closer to 2000+?[/quote]

Eastern MS is technically under capacity, but academic classes of 31 students are common. This is because of tiny classes for reading interventions and special education. We need more staffing. [/quote]

I wish my kid had classes of 31 kids.  Two of his classes have 34 kids.  There is barely enough room for every kid to have a desk.[/quote]

Same.  My MS is technically ‘under capacity’ but my DS has 33-34 kids in some of his classes.  Not enough desks in his History class and in Science they are actually even short a Chromebook (we use the cart model).[/quote]

Yes, class sizes aren't directly connected with whether the total enrollment is over or under the building's capacity. You can still have larger class sizes at an under capacity school or smaller class sizes at an over capacity school.[/quote]

This is true, it has to do with teacher resourcing which principles have a lot of control over. Its the facilities that get taxed with over enrolment. That said most enrolment goes up and down in cyclical fashion and it isn't realistic to redo boundaries and ship kids around every year for little blips. Ashburton problem is a little different as it was zoned to pick up all the cheap apts by the mall and is one of if not the cheapest level of entry for Bethesda schools causing families to flood there. [b]Rosemary hills has an argument but that is a silver spring school that is zoned to BCC to boost their numbers a generation ago[/b]     [/quote]

The closest high school to Rosemary Hills is BCC.[/quote]

Blair is an option but its overcrowded and not an actual option.[/quote]

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