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Class Size: How Large Is Too Large? An Essay By the CUSD Recall Committee

Mar 29, 2010 Filed in: Budget | Class Size | Teacher Salaries
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With tough economic times and continuous cuts to school district budgets, the current debate in many school districts is how to keep school districts solvent. Between 80 percent and 88 percent of the total local school district's budget pays for salaries and benefits. When cutting costs, the choice becomes reduction in employee compensation or increase in class size and loss of programs to students.

Once class sizes are increased and programs are lost, they don't come back. How many students in a classroom are too many students: 36, 40, 50 or 100?

The line in the sand has been drawn and you MUST decide which side you will stand on. Your kids, our kids, want you to stand on their side.

The choice is yours… Read More...

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Teacher says, with CUSD's increasing class sizes, students get less individual attention and teachers burn out

Oct 15, 2007 Filed in: Academic Performance | Overcrowding | Quotes
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Bill Hoffman, CUSD Board of Trustees Meeting "It’s increasingly hard to help the kids individually with so many in one class. I think this hurts the average student more. They need the one-on-one attention to boost their achievement. Tutorials have become like a triage, helping those in greatest need. The rest of the kids have to take a number. These large classes may also be burning out many of your hardest working teachers. Whether it’s an AP, IP or beginning level class, I’ve spoken to many teachers who tell me it’s harder than ever just to keep up."

Hoffman made this statement during public comments at the October 15 2007 CUSD Board of Trustees meeting. Hoffman is a 31-year teaching veteran who teaches economics and laptop geography at Capo Valley High School.

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Teacher believes large classes have already pushed CUSD passed the threshold of a positive learning environment

Oct 15, 2007 Filed in: Academic Performance | Budget | Overcrowding | Quotes
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Bill Hoffman, CUSD Board of Trustees Meeting "...on behalf of so many teachers, please do the moral thing and find a way to reduce class sizes. I don’t pretend to know the nuances of school finances, but I honestly believe we are beyond the threshold of a positive learning environment."

Hoffman made this statement during public comments at the October 15 2007 CUSD Board of Trustees meeting. Hoffman is a 31-year teaching veteran who teaches economics and laptop geography at Capo Valley High School.

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