Smaller Class Sizes

How many years now have we been hearing about class size reduction? Have you actually seen it in your kids school? Some schools have found ways to make it happen, but others have just tried to keep up with their enlarging enrollment. Rep. Morgan's HB 194 would give grants to schools to reduce class sizes in grades K-3. If those classes did not actually reduce in size, the school may be required to pay the money back. I like the idea of my kindergartener starting out the year with just 17 other kids in his class. It seems more manageable for a teacher. This week Legislators found out they have less money to allocate out than they thought. This program would cost around $26 million. We'll have to see if the talk about class size reduction really equates to it happening.