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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The staffing formula for classroom teachers is the problem, especially 1-6. They just give principals a number of teachers based off total from 1-6. The principal then gets to decide how to allocate. That is why you can gave grades with classes 28-31 and others with 18-22. The staffing formula should be by grade level. Example- if 5th grade has 85 kids they could have three classes of 28-29 kids or 4 classes of about 21-22. The needs per grade level vary too. Some years we gave gad a ton of sped/esol in a grade and the next year a smaller amount. [/quote]

There's also the AAP component. In our school, the AAP class has 18-20 kids and the regular classes have almost 30 kids. It's incredibly unfair and I wish they'd get rid of LLIV and go back to having only centers. LLIV is a waste.[/quote]

This too. And AAP parents will be like “oh my kid scored this on this assessment” - yeah, more kids could do that if they weren’t in a class with 29 kids, 15 of whom have an IEP. Class size matters tremendously yet the advanced classes are small and Gen Ed are big. [/quote]

For al this talk of equity, I find it irritating that FCPS prioritizes the AAP kids over everyone else. The reason that low income, learning disabled, and english language learners aren't doing so well is because they are pouring unnecessary money into advanced academics when it needs to be going to kids who really need help, not just kids who aren't feeling challenged enough.

Queue the AAP mom who is going to talk about how her kids needs the extra emphasis on PBL and critical thinking, blah blah.[/quote]

It's amazing how much better the teaching is when a teacher has a third less kids [/quote]

Exactly. For any grades. Wouldn’t it be better to have 4 classes with 18 than 3 with 24 or 25? [/quote]

Of course, but the county either doesn't want to pay for additional staff or can't because of funding.[/quote]

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