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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd like to try and summarize so I can keep this straight in my head.

TPMS currently has an 8 period schedule and teachers voted to move it to a 7 period schedule.  This is inline with other MCPS MS but the vote did not engage the community (parents).  Teachers also voted not to increase class size.

As an example: if a grade has 100 kids.  There used to be 5 periods of English available so there would be 20 kids in a class.  Now there are only 4 periods of English available so there would be 25 kids in a class.  However, teachers also did not want class size to increase.

So budget will have to be allocated to increase teachers for core classes to keep the class size the same.  The budget will come from a decrease in the art and music budget.  As there will be less teachers for art and music, there will be less elective periods available and now students will be limited to one elective (language, art, or music)

Did I get all of that correct?[/quote]

Mostly correct.  The magnet kids will be limited to one elective and kids in other programs like Autism will no longer have a period that can be utilized for extra support.  The magnet kids are limited to one elective because their other elective is a magnet class.  [/quote]

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