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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here, thank you pp For your thoughtful post.  I will try to answer questions:   not a title 1 School.  the School is a charter School, starting in kindergarten.  Kids will all be new as there is no pre kindergarten.  Most kids will be new to the language although my son has had experience with immersion schools and the target language.  It will be an all day kindergarten class.  2 kindergarten classes, one teacher will be new to..the School, one has been there a few years.  Have not yet received teacher assignments.  why does the Number of students with IEPs matter?  Will that affect the class?  Our neighborhood will also have a large K class, not 30, but it will be big and no immersion program, which is what attracted us to the charter.  We got in off the lottery waitlist.  Big demand For this.School.  What do you think?[/quote]

# of children w IEPs matter b/c there is a large spectrum of needs that the school needs to support.  If you have 1 child with language delays there is 1 level of support that the teacher needs to provide.  If there are 2 children with 2 different sets of needs .... if there is a child who is non-verbal etc etc.

Also there is a high level of administrative time required to support each child with an IEP.  There are only so many hours in a day.

One piece of advice:
Try and look at the school beyond K.
Maybe the K set-up is not optimal - but longer term do you want the charter?  If yes, figure out if there are things you can do to help the K teacher.
Can you cut things out in the evenings so he/she can do planning?  Can you do the birthday bulletin board?  Help sort books?
Can you help out in the classroom on a routine basis?
Is there anything that the teacher needs  that will make life easier?  Buy it.
Drop off tissues / paper towels / and sanitizer before they run out so it is never a thought that they need to send out a note to ask.

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