Elementary Class Size Individual Classrooms. Take actions to limit individual regular academic class size for grades K-3 to twenty-six (26) and for grades 4-5 (and grade 6 when operated in an elementary model) to twenty-eight (28). These limits would not necessarily hold when staff have, through their decision-making process, adopted a whole school model that results in a variation in curriculum, instructional methods and staff organization. Exceptions to these limits would occur when the SPS ratios do not meet state mandated class size reduction requirements as outlined in state budgetary decisions. The preferred solution is to reduce class size to the negotiated levels; failing that option, other assistance may be identified in consultation with and agreement between the appropriate executive level administrator, principal and the impacted teacher. The SEA representative may be involved in this discussion. The individual teacher will be compensated for any days after October 1 during which they have an overload.
Elementary Class Size Individual Classrooms. Take actions to limit individual regular academic class size for grades K-3 to twenty-six (26) and for grades 4-5 (and grade 6 when operated in an elementary model) to twenty-eight (28). These limits would not necessarily hold when staff have, through their decision-making process, adopted a whole school model that results in a variation in curriculum, instructional methods and staff organization. In situations in which the limit is exceeded in a regular class in grades K-3 by two (2) students or in grades 4-5 by four (4) students, following the October 1st enrollment count the SPS will address the overload. The preferred solution is to reduce class size to the negotiated levels; failing that option other assistance may be identified in consultation with and agreement between the appropriate executive level administrator, principal and the impacted teacher. The SEA representative may be involved in this discussion. The individual teacher will be compensated for any days after October 1 during which he/she has an overload.
