SPAULDING HIGH SCHOOL UNION DISTRICT #41                               CODE:    IIB               

POLICY MANUAL                                                                           

                                                            1st READING:   2/16/09, 1/3/2011

                                                 2nd READING:   3/2/09, 3/16/09

                                                                                                Revised 1/3/2011,    Adopted:  1/17/2011                                          __________________________________________________________________________

 

Class Sizes at Spaulding High School Union District and Barre Technical Center

 

Administrators will use the following guidelines when reviewing course enrollments and making decisions about course offerings and scheduling.  Smaller class sizes may be approved by the Board when requested by the administration.   The administration shall report class size information to the Board each semester and make recommendations to the Board regarding class offerings.

 

Program size for the Barre Technical Center shall be reviewed annually by the Technical Center Director.  Recommendations to change program Barre Technical Center offerings shall be made by the Technical Center Director to the SHS/BTC School Board and Regional Advisory Board if a program has shown low enrollment based on State of Vermont Technical Education Regulation, for 3 or more consecutive years.

 

 

1        20 students is the recommended class size for most courses.

 

2        15-25 students is acceptable for most classes.

 

3        When there are multiple sections of the same course with class sizes of 15-19, it may be possible to reduce the number of sections by combining classes and still maintain classes of 25 or less.

 

4        Class sizes of 10-15 students are acceptable and desirable for students who have difficulty learning.

 

5.   Class sizes of 15-20 students are recommended for world language courses.

 

  1. Class sizes of 10-15 students for AP classes when sections cannot be combined or the course offered every other semester or year are acceptable. 

 

  1. Courses with fewer than 10 students should be cancelled, offered less frequently or combined with another related course (i.e. Life Drawing I and Life Drawing II).

 

  1. Decisions about cancelling courses will be made prior to the start of each semester and will not change.

 

  1. Additional sections of a course may be added to relieve over enrollments and under enrolled sections of a course may be combined after the start of a semester.

 

10. The Barre Technical Center program size is consistent with the Vermont Department of Education -  State Board of Education Manual of Rules and Practices, Vocational-Technical Education.