Comments on: Class size and the September Shuffle http://cpsobsessed.com/2008/10/08/class-size-and-the-september-shuffle/ Ramblings of a Chicago Mom who spends too much time thinking about school Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jay http://cpsobsessed.com/2008/10/08/class-size-and-the-september-shuffle/#comment-583 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:43:08 +0000 http://cpsobsessed.wordpress.com/?p=84#comment-583 As a teacher, I hate to tell you this, it gets worse. In K-2, it takes 28 kids to fund a teacher. In 3rd-8th grade, it takes a minimum of 31 kids to fund a teacher. If schools want smaller classroom sizes, the school has to fund another teacher through sacrificing something else which is usually classroom materials. I had a class of 35 kids at one time last year. The whole business model of CPS is messed up. I truly believe teachers do their best in “managing” the kids, but kids are obviously going to fall through the cracks. I would love to see Ron Huberman or any administrator try to teach over 31 kids and still expect them all to meet AYP. If you look at suburb schools, class size is usually between 20-26 students. It’s amazing how I am used to class sizes of 33 students in one room.

]]> By: Kathryn http://cpsobsessed.com/2008/10/08/class-size-and-the-september-shuffle/#comment-51 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:49:42 +0000 http://cpsobsessed.wordpress.com/?p=84#comment-51 I also think that for many parents, their neighborhood school is their fall back school. People don’t feel right registering until they are sure that they aren’t going to get into other schools. So many people get into magnets and coveted neighborhood schools late and off waiting lists. The system really punishes ordinary neighborhood schools. The parents definitely play a role in this, but I really believe part of it is just the nature of the system.

I’d love to know how other big school districts with school choice handle the registration process.

]]> By: Old Hand http://cpsobsessed.com/2008/10/08/class-size-and-the-september-shuffle/#comment-45 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:06:12 +0000 http://cpsobsessed.wordpress.com/?p=84#comment-45 Honestly, I think most of the time it’s purely because the parents don’t realize that it’s necessary. I have friends who didn’t register their daughter at our neighborhood school until summer when I asked them about it (instead of during the suggested enrollment week in spring). These are overeducated professionals with 40 plus years of school between them, and it just didn’t occur to them.

]]> By: Rookie Sahm http://cpsobsessed.com/2008/10/08/class-size-and-the-september-shuffle/#comment-44 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:43:09 +0000 http://cpsobsessed.wordpress.com/?p=84#comment-44 How can a parent wait until the first day of the school to register their children? What kind of a nerve system do they have? or maybe no nerves at all.
If they can comfortably sleep at night, waiting until the first day of the school, I don’t believe that moral disapproval or even heckling would bother them either.

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