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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My kids have had 25-29 students in every year of elementary school, as have many in JKLM schools.  I do not see it as a problem[/b].  There are helpers, assistants, small groups, specialists. It is rare that the whole class is ever expected to learn one lesson together. Just because there are 26 in a class, it doesn't mean they function as a block like that from 9-3. PK students are a source of income for these schools. Each PK student receives more funding from DCPS than a K-5 student and the overall package helps the bottom line budget of a school.  Fewer PK may mean a decrease in number of specialists, etc, for upper grades.  It is not a simple cut the numbers question.  DC has no mandated class size limits, except for PK (limited to 20 in a class). Janney & Mann are not going to get physically bigger. Lafayette and Murch eventually will, but they are all primarily IB schools already, so unless boundaries change the question is better phrased how do schools maximize lesson plans, scheduling, assistants, small group work, etc in schools with high numbers to make sure all children are learning and growing as the population grows.[/quote]

based on my experience I strongly desagree. we are at Murch, with 2 kids (4th and K).  class size has always been 18-22 (with one aide full time in Pre-k and K), except for K for my oldest, when there were 26 kids in her class. that year has been the worst we had and I strongly believe that a smaller class would have been easier for her.  she was just learning how to read and many kids in her class were already reading at 1st grade level, and I think it was difficult for the teacher to follow all the kids.  this year my youngest is in K and there are 17 kids in her class.  the difference is dramatic.   if I regularly found classes with 25-29 kids I would change schoool.  
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