North – South Divide again

Written By: Talk of the Sound News

Can someone out there explain why there are fifth grade classes at Trinity with 29 students? 29 students!! This year there are only six 5th grade teachers, due to a rearrangement of staff for full day kindergarten. Last year there were seven 5th grade classes. The 2 CILA classes have only 18.

On the school matters website, for Trinity, it says 14.6 students per class, on average: http://www.schoolmatters.com/schools.aspx/q/page=dl/did=12664/midx=CPClassSize

On the NY state website, it lists the average Trinity class size at 21: https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2007/17/AOR-2007-661100010008.pdf

This website puts Trinity’s avg. class size at 15.2:
http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ny/new-rochelle/schools/362049004399/

What is the district contract? Can anyone provide a snippet? What gives here? This school just feels overcrowded. Can anyone reply with other elementaries in the district with classes this size?

One thought on “North – South Divide again”

  1. Propoganda from the Trinity powderkeg
    If you add the 2 websites (14.6 + 15.2 ) you come up with right about 29 . Right ? All kidding aside , they probably include self contained classes (typically 5-10 per class) which would skew the actual results . It’s a shame the staff and teachers are left holding the bag while the district dumps on them . The district has made it clear that no one must ever speak out about this or any other issue . I suggest to anyone to drive by there in the morning or at 3 o’clock and figure how they get all those kids to fit into that little school . Don’t worry , all the new development will add 100 more kids to the school and then you’ll long for the days when there were “only” 29 kids .

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