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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm picking the very first MCPS elementary school I see alphabetically:  Arcolo ES

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02790.pdf

This says they have 732 students and a 10:1 student/instructional staff ratio.

So by the numbers they could pull off 10 kids per 1 class IF they had the space to do so.

If you closed middle schools and bussed half the kids there you'd have more space.

This is a huge school.  I see 7 classes per grade!   41 classroom teachers

There are also:  2 art teachers, 2 guidance counselors, 7 ESOL teachers, a media specialist and an assistant (not sure if that's a teacher position), 2 general music teachers and one instrumental music teacher; 2 PE teachers, a reading specialist, 5 special ed teachers, 2 speech teachers, 2 staff development teachers, 3 focus or remedial support teachers, about 6 para educators.

That's at least 71 teaching certified adults and another 6 paraeducators.   For 732 students.

So... I think it is somewhat possible to have 10 students per one adult.  A whole lot of teaching rules and regulations would need to be suspended temporarily, the special ed and speech IEP requirements being the first.  There's NO WAY school could happen business as usual.  But from a point of safety, groups of 10 or more likely 12 could happen.[/quote]

Just an FYI, speech therapists are not teachers. People call them "speech teachers" to make it more comprehensible for the kids but they are not actually certified. They have a master's in speech therapy and that's it. Same for OT and PT. [/quote]

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