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[quote=Anonymous]PreK population can be controlled because it is all lottery. K is mandatory, so no public school really has control over IB class size, but can control OOB population. If the school is popular with IB, there will always be a number where you can't afford to add another teacher/classroom yet (or don't have the space without a trailer), but you are over 20 per class. If 45 kids enroll IB, and you have 2 K teachers; you either add a physical classroom and enroll 10-15 more OOB students -- which means you add a classroom for every grade thereafter for that group of kids, or you have 2 classes with 22 and 23 kids instead of 20. If Hearst becomes more popular with IB or or is rezoned to include some of the Janney/Murch population, that could be a problem, but it doesn't sound like they are there yet.

The other thing that happens when you become a popular IB school is that you get a ton of kids who enroll in late summer, after the teachers are hired and classrooms are set and you have no choice but to have K classes that year of 26 kids and expand the following year - see Murch K and 1st grades this year; ridiculous number of August enrollments. So to all parents of kids who may go to the local public school -- enroll early!!! It is horribly disruptive to enroll your child after June. The principals need to know what the class size will be so they can hire enough teachers and plan for the classroom space. There are already enough people who are moving into the area during the summer who will necessarily register late and throw the numbers off (no fault, just the nature of proving residency requirement issue), so if you already live there, don't make it worse by waiting.

This is all complicated by the fact that budgets are set before enrollment opens, so DCPS has to make predictions about future enrollment.  [/quote]

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