Sentences with phrase «reducing elective classes»

And more schools are doing away with field trips, deferring textbook purchases and reducing elective classes.

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Budgetary shortfalls, school district bankruptcies, teacher and administrator layoffs, hiring and salary freezes, pension system defaults, shorter school years, ever - larger classes, faculty furloughs, fewer course electives, reduced field trips, foregone or curtailed athletics, outdated textbooks, teachers having to make do with fewer supplies, cuts in school maintenance, and other tales of fiscal woe inevitably captivate the news media, particularly during the late - spring and summer budget and appropriations seasons.

They may reduce class size in core subjects to support writing instruction and formative assessment while increasing class size in elective courses.

It includes a first - time - ever cap on PE class sizes, increased access to electives, additional counseling support and additional social - emotional support at our highest - needs secondary schools, and reduced class sizes in the upper grades at the 55 highest - need elementary schools.