AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
The district apparently has an INITIATIVE (big idea that
never gets launched) to reduce class size. Whenever it
looks AS IF we might have under 30, the NCLB kids end up
getting their transfers, and ALL OF A SUDDEN, we are up to
39 kids in a room with ONE TEACHER!!!!!!
39 is definitely over my limit according to my contract,
but that doesn't really matter. In this economy I'm glad I
have a job, and I certainly am not going to draw attention
by complaining about a large class. However, when
does "reduced class size" have an effect on kids who come
via NCLB? Who monitors this stuff? Are the parents warned
that the classes are massive? What parent would choose a
classroom with one teacher and 39 kids? Kids come to my
school expecting greatness- great teaching, optimum
learning, and a safe place. 39 students is tragic for them,
squeezed like sardines into a too-small room, teaching to
the "masses" as if they are in college, hoping they
are "getting" it because I am alone in the room...I feel
guilty for not giving each of them the attention they
deserve. At 39, my next student will be seated in the coat
closet, on the heater, or in the hallway.
BTW-not HS- this is 5th grade.

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