Class size determinations in budget planning shall be made to maintain smaller classes in the primary grades – kindergarten through third grade. Classes in the intermediate and secondary grades may be larger in order to allow for the smaller class programming in the primary grades. Factors that will be considered in determining class size for all grade levels will include physical plant capabilities, financial resources, contractual limitations, and special student needs. Therefore, the district’s practice regarding kindergarten through sixth grade class size determinations will be made public on an annual basis.
Voluntary Transfers from Larger Classes
Because the District’s commitment to smaller neighborhood elementary schools makes inevitable certain imbalances in size among classes at any given grade level, parents/guardians of children who are assigned to larger classes may have the option of reassignment to another school where a smaller class permits such reassignment. Any parent who wishes to have a child reassigned needs to make a written request to the Superintendent. These requests, which must be renewed each year, will be approved or disapproved by the Superintendent, based on space availability. The District, in such cases, cannot make special transportation arrangements. Hence, transportation to the new school, or a bus stop serving that school, must be the parents’/guardians’ responsibility.
Cross-ref: 8410, Student Transportation
Note: Prior policies, Class Size, 6155 and Voluntary Transfers from Larger Classes, 6155.1
Policy Adopted: June 21, 1982
Amended: January 24, 1994
Amended: November 24, 1997