Principals warn ballooning class sizes as cuts linger
High‑school and elementary principals described class sizes rising into the mid‑30s in some secondary classrooms and multiple 30+ sections at elementary grades, saying current staffing levels increase teacher workload and reduce individual student time.
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John Bezek, the high school principal, told the meeting that class sizes have climbed above board targets after recent staffing cuts. “When I was trying to keep those classes right around 30… the last few years we've been up… getting up in the 32… now we're looking when I'm staffing, they're about, you know, anywhere from 35, 36,” Bezek said, warning that larger rosters make it harder for teachers to form individual connections with students.
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