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[quote=Anonymous]I have no idea if I was the 1:14 poster but I do agree that the small number of same-age classmates is an issue. It can be an issue as young as 5, when the 5 year olds start staying for the afternoon. For ex, if there are only 2 kids of the same gender. What if their personalities clash or they just get sick of each other?  And if there's one 1 boy or 1 girl, that's not acceptable to me. I wouldn't want my kid to be the only one.

At our M school, it becomes a bigger issue in the lower elementary class and a very big issue in the upper elementary class. People choose to leave our school because of it. My own child is in upper elementary and has said "5 is a bad number. The other 4 girls my age pair off and I'm left alone."

We have the problem at our school where one child has a really strong, negative personality. Kids get sick of spending their days with such a person and beg not to go to school. If there were more kids in the class, the negative personality wouldn't be so overwhelming and every child would be able to find a friend. [/quote]

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