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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why everything has to be about FARMS schools? Children in other schools also need to be properly educated. My kid is in math class with 33 other students. Yes, I am all for decreasing the number of students at our school even if other schools will have to bump up a bit. I am not in a high FARMS rate school but it doesn't mean I can send my child to a private institution. [/quote]

Lower income students cost more to education..that's why the state gives MCPS funding based on the number of FARMS students. But MCPS is taking that money and using it to increase resources for wealthy students. You may be okay with that (you care exclusively about your kid and kids similar to your kid) but that doesn't make it okay.[/quote]

Yes,I care about my children first and foremost.
33 students in our school vs 18 in *poor* schools seem to much of a difference. That's almost doubled the classroom. [/quote]

1)  That's selfish.
2)  Why can't parents work together for better things for all our kids, rather than you wanting to make things worse for poorer kids?
3)  No elementary school class should have 33 kids-- even in 4th and 5th grade, they get funded for one teacher per 29 kids (although sometimes some of the classes will have 30 kids before they get extra funding, depending on how the numbers shake out.)  If your principal is making classes of 33, that's your principal's decision/fault.  Also, Title 1 and focus schools get one teacher per 27 kids in 4th and 5th grade so it's only a slight difference to the 29 in other schools.  
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Of course elementary school classes should not have 33 kids, but in reality some do.  You can have a guideline of 29 kids to be in a class, and then there's a last minute enrollment into the school right before school starts or your kids' school is asked to pick up some severe overcapacity issues from a neighboring elementary school, and all of a sudden the class that was 27 last year becomes 33 this year.

And it's not like the principal has magic powers to hire-the principal needs to request permission from Central office to add the new teacher, then post the vacancy, interview and hire and get that teacher to start.   By the time that occurs, you'll be lucky if the two classes in the school which have 33 ES kids get a new teacher to reduce those class sizes by end of November.  That's a long time for little kids to be in such a crowded class.
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