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[quote=Anonymous]This is interesting.  I have a child in public K with 24 kids, 1 teacher.  She is a fantastic teacher but it is not ideal.

I have another child at Holton middle school with 11 kids in math and 14-16 kids in the other classes.  We did public for K-2nd because the numbers were doable.  She had 18 in her K class, 20 in 1st and 21 in 2nd.

I just can not believe that all schools don't have lower ratios for younger kids.  How does a preschool which is usually play-based have such a low ratio and then K-2nd grades where there is a huge increase in workload expectations and a huge learning curve within each kid has a huge ratio.

That said, I like the classes that have larger kids and 2 teachers.  I think it gives the kids more friends to click with but also time for 2 different things.  It also gives a chance for a teacher to work one on one or with a few kids and another teacher doing a lesson.  AND it gives the teacher a chance to go to the bathroom.

I will be looking for a private next year.  [/quote]

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