Class sizes for the Halton Public School Board - below what most of the other boards in the province have been able to achieve.

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By Pepper Parr

September 3rd, 2020

BURLINGTON, ON

 

Wednesday evening the Halton District School Board met – it was another long meeting.

No more desks set out in neat rows. The classroom furniture is now such that students can sit by themselves or in groups of two or three - up to eight. The objective was to create situations where the students learn to work as groups and to collaborate on a problem - question or assignment.

The number of students in the elementary classes is low – not the 15 many parents would like but nowhere near the 30 that was feared.

The fear that the school board would be jamming as many as 30 children into the elementary classes is unfounded

There are 244 kindergarten classes in the Halton Region. The regular class size in the past has been as many as 29 students. The average for the kindergarten classes starting September 14th will be 20 students.

In the primary grades 1 to 3 there are 450 classes in the Region. 90% of those classes must be capped at 20. There are 16 classesthat have more than 20 students.. The average is 18 ½ in each class.

The Junior Intermediate level there are 809 classes in the Region. The Board is funded for 24 ½ students. The average for the Junior Intermediate is 22.6

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1 comment to Class sizes for the Halton Public School Board – below what most of the other boards in the province have been able to achieve.

  • Penny Hersh
    September 3, 2020 at 8:39 am

    Depending on the size of the room – 20 students can be too many. Have you ever seen younger students wipe their noses with their clothes or on toys or their classmates?

    The school board has no idea of what is safe or not, but certainly 20 students in a class has the potential to be a disaster.

    I feel very sorry for any teacher, especially elementary school teachers.