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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Current Hearst parent here.

- I agree that it is highly unlikely the pre-K or K classes will go above 20; that would violate the NAEYC accreditation, and as noted, they can control that by just offering fewer OOB slots.  From the information DCPS has put out we have no idea how many K slots were given out in the lottery. It could have been 0!     So keep your faith in the school and don't worry!

- As for the 4th grade slots that people apparently got I'm sure it's just the case that it turns out some kids were leaving (e.g., I know of one family that moved to Turkey; they may have had a 3rd grader), and the principal may have felt pressure from DCPS to at least fill those classes up a bit by bringing in a few more kids.  I wouldn't take that as a broader sign that class sizes are going to dramatically go up across the board.

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Not sure where some are getting their info from, but you need to look at the proposed budgets submitted by the school just a couple of weeks ago,which is based on the preliminary allocations set by DCPS.  http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/ABOUT%20DCPS/Budget%20-%20Finance/FY15%20documents/Final%20School%20Allocations-FY15/DCPS-HEARST-Allocation-FY15.pdf  Hearst was allocated two K teachers and two K aides.  The principal would therefore need to find another $130,000 in the budget in order to hire a third teacher and aide.  You would have to be delusional to think this going to happen given the fact the Mayor already rededicated a promised 10% budget bump to the 40 lowest performing schools.  Also, DCPS generally will not add funding for another K-5 class until the average class size is in excess of 28.  Welcome to the real world.[/quote]

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