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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son's K class has 26 student.  1 teacher, 1 full-time IA.

Honestly, I can't believe how well organized and well run that classroom is.  The reality is that this has everything to do with the teacher and really not much to do with the class size.

Would I have preferred a few less students in the class?  Yes, at least initially.  But having seen firsthand how great my son's K experience has been, I'm much less worried about class sizes than I was at the start of the school year, and much much more concerned about quality of teaching.[/quote]

I could have written this post, except that my daughter's K (in MoCo) has 24 students, 1 teacher, and a part-time aide. I was not pleased, especially because for years, until last summer, the K classes at this school had maxed out at 16. They lost that funding (not Title IV, but similar), and all of a sudden we'd committed to a school that was going to have up to 26 kids instead of 16. But I have been so, so impressed with how well things function there. The teacher is (and all the K teachers seem) wonderful -- I can't believe how well she has that classroom running. The kids often work in small groups, taking turns doing things independently and with the teacher (reading groups are small, for example -- they seem to be 1-5 kids with one teacher). I think if it's a well-run school with involved parents and a good teaching staff, class size is far from the most important factor. [/quote]

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