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Actually, at Rosemary Hills, there are 27-28 Kindergartners per classroom with one teacher per class and one teacher's aid who floats between several classrooms.  All the Kindergartners have lunch and recess together, so yes, there are times of the day when my child would be one of 220 kids.

I don't necessarily think it's terrible to be at a school with 300 (or 200 or 500) kids in the same grade.  But I do think a child will have a different, and in many ways better, experience where that child- her strengths, weaknesses, quirks, etc- are known not only to her teacher, but also to the administrators who will be doing her classroom assignment for next year, the school counselor, the "specials" teachers, the athletic coaches.  [/quote]

Again, the assuptions you're making are missing the point.  First, it's fine that RH (which I'm not associated with) has 27-28 kids/class and two teachers -- great.  My kids have had the same situation in FCPS.  The administrators won't know your kid unless the school is small -- regardless of how many kindergartners there are in the whole school.  If the total enrollment is small, the administrators might know your child, and if it's big they probably won't.  Doesn't really matter that much though.  It is a common misconception that the principal is picking the teacher for each student.  (I thought the same thing for several years).  It is much more likely that your child's current teacher will be picking your child's teacher for the following year.  So, whether or not the principal knows you -- it likely has no bearing on how well your child is matched with a teacher.

Second, whether there are 200-300 in each grade (total school of say 650 kids) or whether there are just 100 in each grade (same total number of kids in the school -- 650), it doesn't matter for the specials teachers/counselors/principals.  They are dealing with the full 650 regardless of how many grade levels are contained in that school.

If you are comparing a school of 800 with a school of 400 === yeah, there is going to be a difference in the "community" feel of the school.  If you are comparing a school with 800 kids (only three grades with 250 kids in each) vs. a school with 800 kids (kinder + 1st-6th -- so each grade is 110 kids) you're fooling yourself in thinking there is a significant difference.  Your child is 1 of 800 in either case.... but for the VAST majority of the day, your child is 1 of 20/25/30.  The impact of the administration knowing your child isn't going to matter.  The admin. will know your child if your child stands out from the norm b/c they need extra services.  Otherwise, they are ALL blending in to the 800 as far as the admin. is concerned.

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