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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live IB and thinking of switching from where we are to our IB school.  Now that she has been there a few months are there any changes that you see?  [/quote]

+1. We are, too.  I'd also like to hear about any future plans for managing class sizes.  The giant 3rd grade class doesn't sound like a good solution to me.[/quote]

The rumor is that 3, 4, 5 will be large (30+) going forward, except with one teacher in grades 4 and 5 (and 2 in grade 3).  There really isn't any other solution.  There are too many kids, the city won't redistrict them, the school is out of rooms and they aren't allowed to put trailers outside. 
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What is the source for this rumor?  There have long been more than one teacher per class in 4th and 5th grade.  This year 5th grade math has two full time fully accredited teachers, ELA classes have a teacher and share a co-teacher and the science and social studies teacher has a co-teacher for each subject.

I fully expect Janney to adjust teacher numbers with class sizes as it has long done.  People can agree or disagree about how this works but I would not use DCUM as my source for how this is working, there are many Janney bashers on here and everyone thinks they know better than the staff on the ground that are actually making the decisions after considering all options.

As to OP's question, I agree with others that I like principal Lutz and I understand the teachers like her, which is great. I am a big fan of the prior principal and she made tremendous changes for the better while she was there.

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