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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was the one who referred to Sheridan having large classes and I was only answering OP's question.  Its a wonderful school, I've heard only good things about it, but if a child needs small classes, Sheridan won't do.  Breakout groups won;t solve the problem because the problem isn't just with academics.  I have one child who went to a school with 22 in a class and did just fine.  My other DC would never be able to attend in a class that size.  Since thats the specific issue OP was asking about, it doesn't help her to suggest Sheridan, even though it is wonderful in many other ways.

Also, they have been known to oversubscribe and have more than 24 kids in a class.  Since they can't add a classroom, if more kids accept admission than they antivipate, they end up with unusually large classes.[/quote]

"Been known to oversubscribe"?? Where are you getting your information? At the most, there are 25 kids in a class. My son is a K student right now at Sheridan and there are 25 kids in the class. I guess thats oversubscribing beyond the advertised number of 24.  I have an older child at Sheridan as well. But regardless, the kids are split in 1/2 groups to do everything. They do an incredible job at classroom management and providing a wonderful experience for the kids. It is a small school that also provides instruction to kids in SMALL groups. [/quote]

I have a friend whose child was in a class with 30 students.  Yes, that was an anomaly.  But it is not so unusual, as you write, to go over 24.

I think you are being way too defensive about Sheridan.  As I said, its a wonderful school.  But no school can be everything to everyone.  One of my children went to Beauvoir and we LOVED it but I would never suggest it to OP because even though they had break out groups as well, there were 20 to 22 kids in a class.  Thats not small, even including breakout groups.  My other child NEEDS small classes and attends a school mentioned here as having small classes.  I know the difference because I have a child in OP's DC's position.  It really, really isn't the same thing to have a larger class that breaks into smaller groups.  It is still a larger class.  If your child needs small classes, there are schools in this area that have smaller classes.  Sheridan is the answer for many families, but that doesn't mean its the answer for this family.[/quote]

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