Sentences with phrase «elementary class sizes»

• The board approved an extended school day and smaller early elementary class sizes for the most at risk students.

When North Carolina lawmakers approved what one Republican described as a «historic» investment in reducing elementary class sizes this week, it was viewed by many as a godsend for school districts that feared thousands of teaching jobs were at stake.

While elementary class size is low, students in South Carolina are more likely to attend large schools than are their counterparts in most other states.

M.I.T.C.H. now counts 162 students in grades K - 8 and occupies a former elementary school in the suburban Tigard - Tualatin School District south of Portland, where average elementary class sizes approach 28 students.

After elementary class size and sectioning is determined for each grade level, the assignment of new students will be determined by the following terms of the Elementary Class Size Management Plan, as revised:

The district's approach to the management of elementary class sizes as new students enroll is being revised to more effectively promote equity in the educational experience of students and optimize the use of our staff and facilities.

Cooper's budget would also spend $ 75 million on classroom space needs created by a state mandate for districts to reduce elementary class sizes, as well as $ 25 million to address lagging textbook and digital material funding.

Sloan said the 5,451 - student Port Washington school district has about 100 more children enrolled this year than last year, and some elementary class sizes have swelled to 28 students.