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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious. Has anyone discussed the over crowding problems with any teachers or administrators off the record? My DC attends Wilson and much of  her DCPS education, she has been in classes ranging from 22 to 35 students per class. She has done well so far. Those that are concerned about the over crowding situation in a urban school system, I empathize with your plight. But, being from NYC, my experience with large class sizes was normal. Of course, by the time I attended college(1984), most of my classes were held in auditorium size classrooms. I'm sure if this was a perfect DCPS world, there would be 10:1 student to teacher ratio. That dog won't hunt. As the population of DC increases, DC school enrollment will increase. I do see a dilemma with the establish DC residents that live in Upper NW and the new residents that live in Adams Morgan, Petworth, U st or Trinidad. That is going to cause friction with some folks.[/quote]

I think there does need to be more information shared about the overcrowding situation at Wilson. We've experienced classes on the larger side during our time at DCPS too.  But what gives me pause about Wilson is the size of the AP classes and more generally the ability of Wilson's administration to handle large numbers of students. There is some benefit to having more students simply that it equals more money, but how is that money put to use? I'm not expecting a 10:1 ratio just class sizes that are reasonable. I've heard there are classes with 40+ kids in them.[/quote]

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