Common use of Class Size and Composition Clause in Contracts

Class Size and Composition. A. The parties to this contract accept the following goals as desirable whenever feasible under the circumstances (e.g., availability of staff and facilities) in both elementary schools (including kindergarten) and secondary schools: 1. No regular class shall have more than thirty (30) students. 2. The composition and size of special education classes shall be in accordance with applicable state and federal mandates and regulations. 3. Classes containing a concentration of high needs students shall be reduced in size as rapidly as practicable to a number which permits optimum learning opportunities for such students. 4. When educators are assigned to co-taught classes, the following should be part of the process: a. Volunteers should be sought first before any educator is assigned. b. Educators will have a dedicated work space. c. Whenever feasible and to the extent possible, special education educators and regular education educators will have common planning time when assigned as co- educators. 5. The School Committee will make every reasonable effort, as is practicable, to observe the recommendation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services regarding school nurse/student ratios. B. The foregoing standards are subject to modification for educational purposes such as the avoidance of split-grade classes or half-classes or specialized or experimental instruction (e.g., music, team-teaching, typing classes, and physical education).

Class Size and Composition. A. The parties to this contract accept the following goals as desirable whenever feasible under the circumstances (e.g., availability of staff and facilities) in both elementary schools (including kindergarten) and secondary schools: 1. No regular class shall have more than thirty (30) students. 2. The composition and size of special education classes shall be in accordance with applicable state and federal mandates and regulations. 3. Classes containing a concentration of high needs disadvantaged students shall be reduced in size as rapidly as practicable to a number which permits optimum learning opportunities for such students. 4. When educators teachers are assigned to co-taught classes, the following should be part of the process: a. Volunteers should be sought first before any educator teacher is assigned. b. Educators Teachers will have a dedicated work space. c. Whenever feasible and to the extent possible, special education educators teachers and regular education educators teachers will have common planning time when assigned as co- educatorsco-teachers. 5. The School Committee will make every reasonable effort, as is practicable, to observe the recommendation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services regarding school nurse/student ratios. B. The foregoing standards are subject to modification for educational purposes such as the avoidance of split-grade classes or half-classes or specialized or experimental instruction (e.g., music, team-teaching, typing classes, and physical education).

Class Size and Composition. A. The parties to this contract accept the following goals as desirable whenever feasible under the circumstances (e.g., availability of staff and facilities) in both elementary schools (including kindergarten) and secondary schools: 1. No regular class shall have more than thirty (30) students. 2. The composition and size of special education classes shall be in accordance with applicable state and federal mandates and regulations. 3. Classes containing a concentration of high needs students shall be reduced in size as rapidly as practicable to a number which permits optimum learning opportunities for such students. 4. When educators teachers are assigned to co-taught classes, the following should be part of the process: a. Volunteers should be sought first before any educator teacher is assigned. b. Educators Teachers will have a dedicated work space. c. Whenever feasible and to the extent possible, special education educators teachers and regular education educators teachers will have common planning time when assigned as co- educatorsco-teachers. 5. The School Committee will make every reasonable effort, as is practicable, to observe the recommendation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services regarding school nurse/student ratios. B. The foregoing standards are subject to modification for educational purposes such as the avoidance of split-grade classes or half-classes or specialized or experimental instruction (e.g., music, team-teaching, typing classes, and physical education).