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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the op.  smaller classes are better.  [b]That is common sense, I don't need research to confirm[/b]. And so if they need trailers for more classes, who cares?

You seem to be mad at the PTA for lobbying for something sensible.  Maybe some misplaced anger?[/quote]

The problem is the research contradicts your "common sense." Your intuition is not accurate. Life is full of contradictions like this, which is why we do research. For centuries, intuition told people the world was flat and that sun revolved around the Earth.

It matters because if you don't have to hire more teachers to keep class sizes unnecessarily small, you could spend those resources on other needed things. A consultant just told the APS board this last week!

It also matters because if you lobby for smaller class sizes and then trailers show up to accomodate that, you really shouldn't go batshit crazy over the appearance of trailers. You certainly shouldn't compose a totally unhinged and petulant letter to everyone in the county that misspells the board chairwoman's name to demand they be moved without first consulting the rest of the parenting community. I know for a fact after making some phone calls to people in the system that they are being dismissed as a bunch of hysterical women. So, we'll be replacing them at the first opportunity, hopefully with a slade of dads.[/quote]

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