Really? Our FCPS has 22 max in first grade.

we have friends whose son is in first grade there. i know they really like their son's teacher. sorry i can't give you any details.

i thought all FCPS had 1st grades around 30 students each?

Doesn't everyone realize it is the luck of the draw when it comes to class size, not your individual school. At a certain point they add or take away a class. Principals don't have some magic phone line to get small class sizes.

My dd had 22 or less for k-2 now in 3rd, 30. It is how many kids register. Always blows my mind when I see this about public schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:this is the lowest priced great falls areas I wouldn't assume that it would have a good ratio

Huh?

There are not Title 1 schools, so when FCPS says it is raising class size to deal with budget problems, what they are saying is we are raising class sizes disproportionately in non Title 1 schools, like Forestville, because they cannot raise them in their already failing Title 1 schools.

This. They raised class sizes last year for K-12 classes. If you have an issue with this, take it to the school board. They need to hear from more parents about it. They keep raising them year after year.

Bump.
-OP

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:this is the lowest priced great falls areas I wouldn't assume that it would have a good ratio

Huh?

There are not Title 1 schools, so when FCPS says it is raising class size to deal with budget problems, what they are saying is we are raising class sizes disproportionately in non Title 1 schools, like Forestville, because they cannot raise them in their already failing Title 1 schools.

Bump

"Issues"are probably because you don't have many ESOL students to ensure smaller classes

Schools in that Mclean/great falls area seem to have class size issues.

Anonymous wrote:this is the lowest priced great falls areas I wouldn't assume that it would have a good ratio

Huh?

Anonymous wrote:this is the lowest priced great falls areas I wouldn't assume that it would have a good ratio

Please elaborate

this is the lowest priced great falls areas I wouldn't assume that it would have a good ratio

I'm not at Forestville, but I had 30 in my primary classroom last year and I definitely felt overtaxed. It spreads even the best teachers thin.

My friend's son just finished 1st grade there and was very happy.

I heard class sizes are atrocious, so we are strongly considering private school instead of 30:1 ratio.
Can anyone speak to the quality of the teachers being able to handle this class size?