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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are all the third grade classes set up this way? Will it be like that for the 4th and fifth grades too then for this cohort?[/quote]

all the 3rd grade classes are 31/32.
the old principal (who left in May) wouldn't answer this last year when asked about 4th/5th grade sizes.  it would seem to be the plan because the school is out of rooms and 
some neighborhood covenant prevents them from adding trailers to the yard. 
It's concerning because some of the younger grades are even bigger.  [/quote]

I would be very concerned too, Janney's appeal will drop dramatically if classes have routinely 32 kids (having classes of that size was one of the reasons we did not buy in MOCO a few years ago).  I am still surprised that Janney finds itself in this mess after two renovations, it seems that DCPS did not really think things through, especially with the first one.  I wonder if DCPS at this point just relies on attrition, some parents will start switching to private and the number of kids will go back to normal. Even getting rid of pre-k would not be sufficient IMO if there are so many kids.  We are at Murch and I seriously hope DCPS does a better planning job with the renovation of the school and that we do not end up in this situation. [/quote]

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