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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach first grade and I have 28 students. I think that is too high but 28 in third grade is doable. [/quote]

Ugh, that’s crazy for First Grade.

Less than ideal for any K-3 classroom.  [/quote]

There are 28 kids in my kindergartener’s class! No aides. Bethesda. And they only get 20 mins of recess twice a day. DH is a big proponent of public schools (I went to private school on full scholarship so this is all new to me) but I am not thrilled with the class sizes and lack of physical activity. [/quote]

I would push the principal on this if I were you.  28 is way over the MCPS kindergarten guidelines (well, it’s 2 or 3 kids over at least).  Is the class co-taught with a special education teacher?  Do multiple kids in the class have special education aides?  I would politely ask the principal why there isn’t an additional class/why MCPS hasn’t allocated them an additional classroom.[/quote]

They say they're hiring another teacher and will reshuffle all the classes later in the year. (There are 4 classes of 27 or 28 kids each.) So they're aware of the issue. Still -- kind of crazy. [/quote]

They get their initial allocation in March based on enrollment as of March and somewhat on past history of enrollment per grade.  If they are surprised with a lot more summer registrations than they are expecting this happens.  They will probably have the additional class within 2-3 weeks.  Last year we had a 3rd grade class that at Open House was labeled “New Teacher.”  They had someone in the classroom the first day though.  [/quote]

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