Class sizes to rise to thirty in elementary schools next year?
I have heard from several sources that elementary school principals have been told by their network leaders to plan for average class size of thirty in grades K-5 next year. (see letter below from the School Leadership Team at PS 3.)
This would represent an increase of 6.4 children per class compared to last year; or an increase of 27%, and would represent the largest class sizes in these grades in at least twenty years or more.
When Dennis Walcott was testifying before the NYC Council, he said that even with 4100 teacher layoffs, he