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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speaking of vulnerable students, where is the outrage at increasing class sizes at Title 1 schools when federal funding is likely also being slashed?

Everyone is getting less than, so I don’t want to hear another word about this one program and the students that can be served perfectly well at other existing programs. Maybe then you’ll also care that those schools are perpetually underfunded relative to their needs. [/quote]

There isn't outrage because they are not increasing T1 class sizes. [/quote]

An APS teacher made this claim on FB. That’s where I got this info. Glad to hear it’s a mistake.[/quote]

Is it? They are calling for cutting staff to better align with class size planning factors. Is there an exception that Title 1 schools that they have lower class size planning factors?[/quote]

Who is they? [/quote]

They is “APS”, based on the recommendations of the Baker Tilly report. [/quote]

APS is not cutting staff at Title 1 schools at least not as far as I can tell. Did you actually look at the budget? It's online, go look at the Title 1 schools.

APS didn't follow everything in the B-T report. [/quote]

It was 400+ pages and staff cuts to align with planning factors were advertised. While I love a good read and have in fact read it, I was wondering if anyone with more detailed knowledge of specific conditions at say, Drew knew what was going on. [/quote]

Answered my own equation. 1 classroom teacher cut, slight adds to special ed/ESL, for a net loss of about 1 position, compared to a projected growth in 30 students. That’s a cut. [/quote]

Okay that's one school. Check a few more. What I saw was that they are about the same. Give or take 1. It's also impossible to tell if that's just because of a change to the current projected student population. Schools' staffing allocations change all the time as student population goes up or down.

Anyways, I don't think a net loss of one classroom teacher at one school is something to get too worked up about. [/quote]

My point is that Title 1 status is not saving them. They are projecting slight increases in students and are still down one FTE. It’s not huge, but it is still a cut. [/quote]

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