Local school districts dismiss class-size reductions
Remember class-size reduction – the push for classes of no more than 20 students per teacher that swept California public schools in the 1990s?
The last two years of state budget cuts have sent the pendulum careening back in the other direction.
Classes of 30-plus students are once again commonplace in Sacramento-area schools, as districts lay off teachers to balance deflated budgets.
Maximum average class size in Sacramento-area districts
SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED
2009-10: 20 in grades K-3; 25 in grades 9-10
201O-11: Proposing 30 in grades K-3
Savings: $4.2 million
ELK GROVE UNIFIED
2009-10: 20 in grades K-3, 26 in grades 4-6
2010-11: 28 in grades K-3
SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED
2009-10: 20 in grades K-3; 25 in grades 9-10
201O-11: Proposing 30 in grades K-3
Savings: $4.2 million
ELK GROVE UNIFIED
2009-10: 20 in grades K-3, 26 in grades 4-6
2010-11: 28 in grades K-3
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/22/2696768/local-school-districts-dismiss.html#ixzz0lpTvnFS1