Class Enrollment Form
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To: |
All Teachers |
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From: |
Mel A. Stern, President |
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Laura Parker, Grievance Chairperson |
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Date: |
9/11/2007 |
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Subject: |
Class Enrollment Form |
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As all of you undoubtedly know, the provisions of our contract are only as good as our ability to monitor and enforce them. One of the most important articles of our agreement deals with class size (Article 22). To help us monitor and enforce this critical article, we are asking for your assistance. If your class size does not conform to the contractual limits, please fill out a Class Size Enrollment Form and give it to your senior building representative as soon as possible. If a permanent substitute has been assigned to your class or another arrangement has been made with the administration, please note that under "other significant factors."
ARTICLE 22 - CLASS SIZE
A) ELEMENTARY LEVEL: 26 pupils, if the size of any class exceeds 28, effort shall be made to add sections. If classrooms are not available and if enrollments reach higher proportions, the faculty, principal and central administration shall meet to determine a workable solution.
B) SECONDARY LEVEL: 27 pupils distributed among five classes for a maximum total of 135 students. If the size of any class exceeds 28, effort shall be made to add sections. If classrooms are not available and if enrollments reach higher proportions, the faculty, principal, and central administration shall meet to determine a workable solution.
C) IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE: 25 pupils at the beginning of the school year and not to exceed 27 on December 1. In the event that a kindergarten class reaches 24, a paraprofessional shall be assigned to the class. All intermediate classes shall have 90 minutes of physical instruction per week, which shall include a shower period. Grades 1 through 3 shall have 60 minutes of physical education per week.
IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: a) Physical education classes shall not exceed 350 pupils per week. b) In rooms where specific equipment is used; laboratory science, business, shops, etc., the number of pupils assigned to such rooms shall not exceed the number of work stations in a given area, except when no reasonable, practical alternative exists. |
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