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[quote=Anonymous]Kind of agree.  I think a 25:1 ratio for all classes in a grade is fine with it fluxuating up and down by 2-3. Beyond that, the room gets too packed and it just gets too chaotic for learning and not enough time with the teacher. I don't understand why every class in every grade at our school is over 27 students with many at or over 30. I can see them having a problem with one grade, but don't understand why it's a problem at every grade level. This is why I think FCPS needs to look at their student teacher class ratio again. According to the state, it seems they aren't even allowed to have these levels. It's still supposed to be a ration of 25 to 1 in grades 4-6. How do they get away with such different standards?

Virginia's Standards of Quality are constitutionally mandated, minimum requirements governing all public school divisions in the commonwealth. As the statutory base used to determine state funding, SOQs are enforceable law, not just recommendations. They're also quite specific about the maximum class size allowed under the Virginia Code: "24 [students] to one [teacher] in kindergarten, with no class being larger than 29 students ... 24 to one in grades one, two, and three with no class being larger than 30 students ... 25 to one in grades four through six, with no class being larger than 35 students." Fairfax County Public Schools appears to have violated these specific caps when it crammed 37 students into a third grade math class and 38 students into a fourth grade math class at Wolftrap Elementary. This happened even though FCPS' fiscal 2013 budget sets aside $11 million per year to fund up to 250 extra teaching positions to prevent such overcrowding.[/quote]

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