Like taxes, it seems that class-size waivers have become an inevitable fact of life.
The school board will vote Tuesday on approving K-3 waivers for 31 classes in 10 elementary schools. As with past requests, year-round schools account for a majority of the schools on the list.
In a lot of cases, teacher assistants are being used at those schools to reduce the ratio of adults to children.
Click here to see the newest batch of requests.
Last month, the school board approved requests for waivers for 103 classrooms n 33 elementary schools. The State Board of Education doesn't have those requests on its agenda for this week so it's unknown when they'll handle them.
Last year, Wake seemed to be asking for waivers every month, with mixed results from the state.
With the recent changes to the state education leadership announced by new Gov. Bev Purdue, Wake could give a different response to these requests in the future.
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GHE had a beloved K-1
Mon, 02/02/2009 - 18:47 — vsheehanGHE had a beloved K-1 program that got dumped because of MYR. My sons K class in VA was also that way. The program is a good enviroment because kids who are ahead of their peers can do work with the older kids. Kids who are behind their peers can work with the younger kids. No kid feels weird and its no diffrent then how they send the 5th graders to sepreate math classes based of of level.
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Mon, 02/02/2009 - 17:27 — Bob_SconceThey made a mistake somewhere. The chart talks about a mixed 2nd/3rd grade class at Olds, whereas the remedial actions talk about a kindergarten class. (I still can't believe that WCPSS is doing mixed 2nd & 3rd grade classes. I would go ballistic if they tried to do that to my kids.)
Also, it looks like Stough is chock-full of Kindergarteners. Isn't this the school where WCPSS wanted to move more students?