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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. 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, comes off as entitled to me. Especially on the Hill where elementary schools are very much a study of haves and have nots.[/quote]

The WTU contract has 22 as the target size and 25 as the cap. Teachers are entitled to certain extra pay, etc for going over the cap. It is not entitled to say that additional children should not be added to classes that are already over target size. Instead, that is exactly DCPS’ written policy. It is one thing when you are trying to guess at class sizes before the fact. It is another when your classes already have 23-25 kids; if one leaves, you should not be replacing them under the WTU contract terms.[/quote]

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