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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay. Do you see inequity in Title I children having smaller classes?[/quote]

I do not have a problem with Title I schools have smaller classess.  My beef is that Fairfax County uses those smaller classes to manipulate the state requirement for maximum average size of classes.  [b]As a result, they increase the size of classes in non Title I schools to far above the state maximums.  [/b]They take the average of the class sizes across the entire county and they say they are at or below the state maximums.

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Here is the actual Code of Virginia regarding class size (21.2-253.13:2)
C. Each school board shall assign licensed instructional personnel in a manner that produces divisionwide ratios of students in average daily membership to full-time equivalent teaching positions, excluding special education teachers, principals, assistant principals, counselors, and librarians, that are not greater than the following ratios: (i) 24 to one in kindergarten with no class being larger than 29 students; if the average daily membership in any kindergarten class exceeds 24 pupils, a full-time teacher's aide shall be assigned to the class; (ii) 24 to one in grades one, two, and three with no class being larger than 30 students; (iii) 25 to one in grades four through six with no class being larger than 35 students; and (iv) [b]24 to one in English classes in grades six through 12.[/b]

Quick translation: Kindergarten max is 29, grades 1-3 max is 30 and grades 4-6 is 35

Please tell me where there are class sizes "far above" these maximums.  [/quote]

The law is about [i]average[/i] class size, but allow individual classes to be larger.  FCPS makes sure they do not exceed the individual class max, but they do average the Title I lower average class sizes with the non-Title I schools to make the county average meet the classroom average.

Quick translation: Maximum Average class size for Kindergarten is 24, graders 1-3 average max is 24 and grades 4-6 is 25.

My DCs' class sizes were never below the maximum average throughout ES.  If there were 100 children, there would be 3 classes not 4 in the upper grades.[/quote]

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