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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]to my knowledge there was never a 'cap' on the K class sizes related to NAEYC.   there has been a deliberate effort to keep PK classes at 19 or 20 and every year we've been at the school - coming up on 4 now - that has been the case.[/quote]

NAEYC accreditation does require 20 or fewer students. However, I do not believe Hearst has current accreditation as of the last school year, so they would not be obliged to keep to classes that small.[/quote]

interesting. parent leading tour a couple months back said they were accredited and cited it as one reason they make the PK have a nap time, which I think they said carries into the first months of K. They also cited the 20 kids for PK and K. Maybe someone at the school could chime in?[/quote]

Family at school.  Whoever said that was mistaken.  Accreditation lapsed and NAEYC wouldn't redo while renovation was in process.  We will see about in future.  PK kids in all schools have nap time available, and I'm sure some time in K too.  I highly doubt that nap has anything to do with NAEYC.  Still great school, just not for that reason. [/quote]

When did the accreditation lapse? Given the frequency in which the accreditation was mentioned as a selling point for the school it's strange that it was not more robustly communicated to current parents.   [/quote]

It's not any big conspiracy.  All schools that are NAEYC accredited have to be re-certified on a regular basis.  I believe because of the renovation process they could not check every box appropriately so they will just re-certify once the construction is done.  They maintain all of the other criteria, including rest time in kindergarten.  If a parent volunteer provided that information on the tour they just may not have known what was up because nothing changed in the way that the classes are run.  They still follow all of the NAEYC principles.[/quote]

It's kind of a big deal for parents who want their kids in small classes in the early grades.  And, hate to bring up a bad subject, but this is not the first time that some bad info has been shared on a Hearst school tour that has later turned out to be inaccurate (see the PS3 issue at Hearst).  But its not just the parent volunteer that had it wrong.  It's currently on the school's FB page:

"Our Pre-K through 5th grade school in Northwest Washington is the only DC public school with Pre-K and Kindergarten programs accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)."

Be nice if somebody in an official capacity could speak to the issue. [/quote]

You are correct.  It is still on the Facebook page.  There is no trace of it on the school's DCPS or own website, open house promotional materials, mailers, etc, but someone did not update the Facebook page.  I'm sure that someone will fix that now.[/quote]

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