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The schools in Bethesda have the same class size caps as every other school in MCPS.[/quote]

But in practice MCPS explicitly maintains significantly smaller class sizes in Title I / Focus schools. That's the whole point of this post. I don't agree with the OP's suggestion of "buying" additional teachers via parent donations ala the Upper NW DCPS model. But I do think it's reasonable to question why it's considered OK to stuff 26 K students into a classroom in Bethesda but not elsewhere in the county. I'm all for closing the achievement gap. But there should be some baseline equity in the educational experiences provided to kids. That's precisely why parents shouldn't be allowed to fundraise for extra teachers; but equity shouldn't mean sabotaging the earliest years of elementary school for kids who live in wealthier zip codes with ridiculously large classes that have zero support.[/quote]

Fine. The schools in Bethesda have the same class size caps as every other school in MCPS, except for K-3 class size caps in Title 1 and Focus schools.

Bethesda does not have a monopoly on large kindergarten classes in MCPS.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02159.pdf
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02227.pdf
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02703.pdf
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02511.pdf
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02207.pdf
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