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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think Janney needs to "eliminate" PK4 but having 4 or 5 classrooms for PK4 doesn't make sense when the school is overcrowded.[/quote]

Then it becomes a siblings only program. Which is unfair as well. [/quote]

And therefore what? PK is not a mandatory "grade."  You think older kids should be in a 30+ class?[/quote]

I had 30+ kids in my elementary school class in the 70s, with ONE teacher. It was a nice school in a nice area (not in this country). I don't think small classes are a must for kids' well-being or success, unless they have special needs.[/quote]

Even Janney's principal doesn't think 30 kids and one teacher is sufficient given that the 3rd grade class this year with 30 kids per class had TWO full time teachers. So no, 30 kids and one teacher is not a positive learning environment not one that I would want my child in just so they could get one free year of preK. Even with two full time teachers, 30 kids is an awful lot of children to have in classrooms that weren't designed to be that large. Even if by eliminating several preK classes means it becomes a sibling only program (and some siblings would still probably be excluded), I'd take that any day over my kid having mega class sizes in the early grades. Or losing a portion of the playground to portables, if that's even an option. [/quote]

I wasn't suggesting one teacher would be enough, but that given my experience, 30 kids with two teachers, as Janney has today, isn't such a bad situation.[/quote]

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