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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would add, however, that I definitely wouldn't count on a waitlist spot opening up unless maybe there's some lottery-based shuffling in ECE. 1st through 5th could all stand to have class sizes shrink, so even kids dropping out would not lead to additional waiting list spots. [/quote]

Thanks, that's helpful.

Regarding class sizes, I think you need to check your expectations. We are at a Title 1 and we've had our kids in class sizes over 22 the last 3 years. [b]Especially with the recent budget cuts, your expectations that you are going to be able to shrink class sizes at all, or resist pressure to add lottery spots,[/b] comes off as entitled to me. Especially on the Hill where elementary schools are very much a study of haves and have nots.[/quote]

This fact might actually explain some of Miller's behavior and the animosity between some of the community and the admin. Parents and teachers want small classes, but DCPS is dealing with a major budget shortfall. A school like L-T that was fairly recently T1 you may have families and teachers who were shielded from the consequences of losing T1 status thanks to extra Covid funding. With that funding source disappearing L-T has to deal with what it looks like to have a non-T1 school in the district. Watching people complain about these class sizes and then looking at some of the class sizes (and budget cuts) in W3 schools makes me think that L-T families (and likely teachers too) are struggling to acclimate to what it looks like to be a relatively high income school in DCPS. If you think one first grade class with 26 kids is a major problem, well, best of luck.[/quote]

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