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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is amazing. You'd think that it would be uncontroversial to say that 37 students is too many in an elementary school class. Apparently not.[/quote]

That part is not controversial. I don't hear anyone arguing that 27 kids in a class is a good thing to be aspired to.  The part that is controversial is whether it's ok to give Title I schools fewer children per class. Personally, I'm shocked that parents really think the solution to the problem is to make the Title I class sizes bigger because those parents pay less taxes so that the "rich" McLean students can have smaller classes.  As a PP said, Title I schools have some large classes too.  Why not make it a districtwide issue and force the district to find the funds somewhere to decrease the class sizes.  My kids aren't in Title I schools, either (far from it) and they've had class sizes up to 32.  I just have a conscience.[/quote]

The only thing that's being discussed are district-wide reforms in staffing formulas and the authority given to principals to spend discretionary funds.  If you think the MCA resolution only deals with schools in McLean, you did not read it carefully. [/quote]

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