On 11/06/09, valerie wrote:
> I teach at a K-5 school, and truly feel sorry for our Gr.
> 4 and 5 teachers. They are sitting at 26, 27 kids in a
> class, and I'm sure this is low compared to other
> schools. It is ridiculous that a cap has only been
> implemented in primary grades, and I think that instead of
> ploughing ahead with full day Kindergarten when there
> aren't the resources for it (many schools in my board have
> absolutely no space to put double the number of Kinders),
> the ministry needs to look at reducing junior and
> intermediate class sizes. It really is not a fair system.

I have 36 in my Grade 7/8 split class. Yeah. We need smaller
class sizes in junior and intermediate.

Our board has been restructuring, and in the next two years all
of our 7th and 8th graders will be in the high schools. I'll let
you know what I think of it when I get there.

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