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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think wis is an excellent program but they can only afford 1 teacher per class in 2nd and up and I found that unacceptable for the price. It’s not like the classes are tiny either [/quote]

Their support teachers just look different then what you are used to.  They pull kids who struggle for 1:1 support to catch them up to their peers as quickly as possible.  Just because there is only 1 teacher in the room, doesn't mean there is 1 teacher supporting the class and I'm not sure why another human body would need to stand there when students who need additional support are being given it in a private and direct setting.[/quote]
They have lots of staff at the primary school with the job of providing push in & pull out interventions to students that need them.  It's done on a student-by-student basis, rather than per class.  That allows them to allocate special education resources where they would be most useful.  Also keep in mind their SAL/FAL program effectively adds an extra teacher to the Spanish & French days for grades 2 and up, it's just a lot less visible because children who need the support receive it outside the classroom until they catch up.  The net result averages more than 2 teachers per class, but done in a highly targeted way.[/quote]
PS school at WIS was a NIAGHTMARE- 50% of students leave before 5 grade [/quote]
What a weird comment.  DC is a WIS middle schooler who has been there since kindergarten.  Only 1 of DC's 10 close friends has left in that time, and the parents of the child who left told me the exit was necessary for financial reasons, not because it was actually best for the child.[/quote]

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