CLASS SIZE
The size of each class shall depend upon the type of instruction needed to assist each student to develop his/her academic and occupational capacities to the utmost. Effective use of staff shall also be considered in organizing and scheduling classroom instruction. The administrators of each school shall determine class size for each school unit, within the general policy established for class size by the Board of Education.
Class size for special education students is established by state statute and AEA (Area Education Agency) guidelines.
The superintendent of schools and his/her administrative staff are instructed to investigate new approaches for organizing and scheduling classroom instruction.
Adopted: November 11, 1985
Reviewed: March 11, 1996
March 20, 2000
November 21, 2005
May 16, 2011
June 13, 2016