School Class Size
Issues related to School Class Size include:
- Lack of certified teachers to meet “Highly Qualified in Field” requirement of No Child Left Behind
- Quality of teacher interaction with parents
- Support for teachers in urban school areas
- State of Florida Amendment #9 states that by 2010, class sizes must be a maximum of:
- K-3 – 18 students
- 4-8 – 22 students
- High School Core (language arts, math, science, social studies) – 25 students
- Initially Broward County was able to comply through averages across the district, and is in the process of moving to per class and teacher compliance
- Were able to attract 2075 new teachers this year to Broward County, however ongoing issue of keeping teachers as 50% leave within 5 years
- Ongoing issue of attracting and retaining certified, qualified teachers to meet class size mandates