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[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]

If you are a school with local level 4, the principal can and usually does place kids into the level 4 classroom to even out the numbers.

PP's example of an AAP center school is more where their hands are tied, because principals cannot place non center kids into center classrooms, and you can get big disparities either way with the nuymbers. [/quote]

Agree. I teach at a LL4. They usually try to make the AAP class have a few more knowing kids will enroll and be placed in Gen Ed. But they are usually pretty balanced. I personally think the cap should be 20-22 for any class. [/quote]

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