Anonymous
Post 08/27/2023 08:58     Subject: Are class assignments random for students in elementary school?
Depends on the school, but often there will be inclusion classrooms and esol classrooms.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 19:59     Subject: Are class assignments random for students in elementary school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am pretty sure my child is in the class with the sped students. Her class is the only class with a FT sped teacher.

Last year, there was one class that seemed to have all the ESOL kids.


Curious about the grade level?

FWIW, DD was in a class with sped students. I think it was a good experience for her. It was second grade and it was team taught. She really liked the sped teacher, too. I think after that year, they changed the model--but this worked well at that point.

However, I think it is a serious mistake to put all the ESOL kids in one class. I was a teacher and when I had onesies and twosies of ESOL kids, their English improved quickly. But, when I had six or seven, they hung with each other exclusively on the playground, etc, and English developed more slowly.

I didn’t have that problem in ESOL kindergarten but I can see it happening in older grades.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 17:20     Subject: Are class assignments random for students in elementary school?
My kid's school definitely has a special ed class. I think it's nice that my child is exposed to kids that are different from her. These kids all have IAs so it also means extra hands in the classroom.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 13:52     Subject: Are class assignments random for students in elementary school?
At DC’s school they put all students with behavior issue (3-4 kids) to one single class and pair that single class with 3-4 assisting teachers to help home room teacher.