I don't want class sizes to go over 25 children per teacher.
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Vanessa Targioni
9 years ago
Please honor the existing contract by keeping the class size cap at 25. They should be 20:1. Shame on you for trying to take advantage of our teachers!
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Lisa Bock
9 years ago
As a substitute teacher, I have experienced the challenges of managing a classroom with 25 children when one or two of the children are struggling or have developmental disorders. Adding more children to a classroom, thereby stretching the teachers thinner during classroom instruction hours, will dilute the instruction available for the entire class. And that means my child, as she is a regular student that follows the rules and does what she's told. As a parent, I am strongly against larger class sizes, especially as I am donating $1,500 per child to ENSURE that our class sizes do not go above 25:1.
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Christopher Wall
9 years ago
Fingers crossed!
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John Beasley
9 years ago
I voted for $48M in new bond to finance high quality education and to prevent classroom overcrowding. And I donated $1,500 to my school. I expect our elected officials to work within the budgets they have an not fall back on their promise to limit each class size. Averaging the class size is a cop out. The truth is 25 kids in a TK-3rd grade class is too many to provide a good education. We pay too much money to get a sub par education for our kids!
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Gursat Olgun
9 years ago
I coached soccer team of size 8 (8-9 years old kids) and baseball team of size 10 (9-10 years old kids) just for couple of hours per week, and I know how difficult to handle many kids at once. Even 25 to 1 is too big for a class size. Lower grade class sizes should really be around 20 to 1.
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Karen sheng
9 years ago
26:1 is too big, especially without an assistant.
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Ian Campbell
9 years ago
Keep our class size low for more personal attention and better educational prospects for our children!
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Alejandra Tapiero
9 years ago
As a frequent parent volunteer, I understand firsthand how difficult it is to handle such a big class size. Our children miss out on getting the best education from the great teachers they have because the teachers are stretched thin in all directions. The numbers need to be lowered, not raised, and the younger ages should also have a class assistant.
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shuba iyengar
9 years ago
There are currently too many students in the TK classes. This is not fair to the teachers or the children. As a parent/physician with a background in pediatrics, I understand and want to emphasize how important it is that children receive adequate attention and support during these early developmental stages. The class size should really be at 1:20. It is a disgraceful to consider increasing the class size even more than the exisiting ratio.
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Heidi McQuay
9 years ago
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Please do not raise the number of students in the class! My daughter has 26 kids in her TK class and it's a lot to handle! Young children in particular need more attention from their teachers - smaller class sizes will benefit the children and lower the stress on the teachers.
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Barbara Karvelis
9 years ago
This comment is from an educator who taught school for 25 years and principaled 5 schools for 20 years. In order to provide a qualitative learning environment for our young ,precious children, it is imperative to keep the class size at at least 24:1 ratio. It is also important to keep your teachers in the loop in terms of budget. The worst thing you can do is to keep moving our veteran teachers every year to different classrooms. This is a poor administrative practice and the children suffer. The public is watching your every move. We're looking for good decision making.
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Anna
9 years ago
Class size matters!!!!
25 max
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Ruma Bose
9 years ago
Ensuring the quality of education for our kids.
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Eugene Leong
9 years ago
Keep the class room size small....
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Erin Hanau
9 years ago
As an upper grade teacher, I know the organization, planning, focus, and challenges of teaching thirty very different students each day. My students are successful in our busy classroom, in a large part, thanks to the lower class size at the primary level. The more direct attention, the differentiated small group work, and the supportive learning environments help empower children and set up the foundations for academic success. It is imperative that we preserve the strong start to our children's educational careers.
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Srinivasa Ogireddy
9 years ago
25 itself is a very high number to be able to do justice for the kids and hats off to the teachers for somehow pulling this off. Going above 25 is insanity. We need to help the teachers to help groom kids to be good human beings and great future citizens. And this needs time and individual attention.
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Stephen Sexton
9 years ago
The administration needs to remember that ultimately it's the children who will bear the burden of unreasonable conditions under which to learn. The teachers perform miracles every day with the children and they only ask for help when it's absolutely necessary, it's time for the district to wake up and listen to the calls for help and refocus their efforts to helping the teachers and truely provide for the students.
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Ruby
9 years ago
Aloha
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Anna Wong
9 years ago
Keep class sizes at 25. Already at 25 to 1, our teachers are stretched too thin. Increasing class sizes will undoubtedly leave children to fall behind.
I don't want class sizes to go over 25 children per teacher.
Please honor the existing contract by keeping the class size cap at 25. They should be 20:1. Shame on you for trying to take advantage of our teachers!
As a substitute teacher, I have experienced the challenges of managing a classroom with 25 children when one or two of the children are struggling or have developmental disorders. Adding more children to a classroom, thereby stretching the teachers thinner during classroom instruction hours, will dilute the instruction available for the entire class. And that means my child, as she is a regular student that follows the rules and does what she's told. As a parent, I am strongly against larger class sizes, especially as I am donating $1,500 per child to ENSURE that our class sizes do not go above 25:1.
Fingers crossed!
I voted for $48M in new bond to finance high quality education and to prevent classroom overcrowding. And I donated $1,500 to my school. I expect our elected officials to work within the budgets they have an not fall back on their promise to limit each class size. Averaging the class size is a cop out. The truth is 25 kids in a TK-3rd grade class is too many to provide a good education. We pay too much money to get a sub par education for our kids!
I coached soccer team of size 8 (8-9 years old kids) and baseball team of size 10 (9-10 years old kids) just for couple of hours per week, and I know how difficult to handle many kids at once. Even 25 to 1 is too big for a class size. Lower grade class sizes should really be around 20 to 1.
26:1 is too big, especially without an assistant.
Keep our class size low for more personal attention and better educational prospects for our children!
As a frequent parent volunteer, I understand firsthand how difficult it is to handle such a big class size. Our children miss out on getting the best education from the great teachers they have because the teachers are stretched thin in all directions. The numbers need to be lowered, not raised, and the younger ages should also have a class assistant.
There are currently too many students in the TK classes. This is not fair to the teachers or the children. As a parent/physician with a background in pediatrics, I understand and want to emphasize how important it is that children receive adequate attention and support during these early developmental stages. The class size should really be at 1:20. It is a disgraceful to consider increasing the class size even more than the exisiting ratio.
Please do not raise the number of students in the class! My daughter has 26 kids in her TK class and it's a lot to handle! Young children in particular need more attention from their teachers - smaller class sizes will benefit the children and lower the stress on the teachers.
This comment is from an educator who taught school for 25 years and principaled 5 schools for 20 years. In order to provide a qualitative learning environment for our young ,precious children, it is imperative to keep the class size at at least 24:1 ratio. It is also important to keep your teachers in the loop in terms of budget. The worst thing you can do is to keep moving our veteran teachers every year to different classrooms. This is a poor administrative practice and the children suffer. The public is watching your every move. We're looking for good decision making.
Class size matters!!!! 25 max
Ensuring the quality of education for our kids.
Keep the class room size small....
As an upper grade teacher, I know the organization, planning, focus, and challenges of teaching thirty very different students each day. My students are successful in our busy classroom, in a large part, thanks to the lower class size at the primary level. The more direct attention, the differentiated small group work, and the supportive learning environments help empower children and set up the foundations for academic success. It is imperative that we preserve the strong start to our children's educational careers.
25 itself is a very high number to be able to do justice for the kids and hats off to the teachers for somehow pulling this off. Going above 25 is insanity. We need to help the teachers to help groom kids to be good human beings and great future citizens. And this needs time and individual attention.
The administration needs to remember that ultimately it's the children who will bear the burden of unreasonable conditions under which to learn. The teachers perform miracles every day with the children and they only ask for help when it's absolutely necessary, it's time for the district to wake up and listen to the calls for help and refocus their efforts to helping the teachers and truely provide for the students.
Aloha
Keep class sizes at 25. Already at 25 to 1, our teachers are stretched too thin. Increasing class sizes will undoubtedly leave children to fall behind.