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Seguin ISD to submit class‑size waiver after 13 elementary classrooms exceed limits
Summary
District staff said 13 pre‑K–4 classrooms exceed the state’s allowable class size, and the board heard a plan to submit a class‑size exemption to the Texas Education Agency while monitoring staffing and enrollment trends.
Seguin Independent School District staff told the board on Sept. 24 that the district will submit a class‑size exemption (waiver) to the Texas Education Agency after a review found 13 classrooms in pre‑K through fourth grade exceed the district’s cited allowable class size of about 20–21 students.
During a presentation, district presenter Mister Quaviglio said recent enrollment counts showed 7,115 students on Sept. 16, 2022; 7,248 on Sept. 15, 2023; and 7,237 as of a Sept. 13, 2024 report. Quaviglio said those totals, combined with campus configurations, left 13 classrooms that require a waiver under current class‑size limits for early grades.
The presentation outlined campus‑level responses and staffing options. Quaviglio said the district will “start looking” when a classroom reaches roughly 24 students and conduct a fuller assessment at about 25 students to decide whether to split classes or add staff. He also noted some immediate staffing adjustments already made at several campuses to reduce pressure on specified grade levels.
Board members pressed staff on the operational triggers for adding a teacher and the timeline for any changes. Quaviglio said principals were contacted for campus‑specific status and that spring staffing meetings analyze projections from multiple departments to guide decisions. He emphasized the waiver process applies only to grades pre‑K through 4 and not to secondary (high school) classrooms.
The board did not vote on a policy change during the presentation; staff characterized this as a procedural step to submit the waiver and continue monitoring enrollment and classroom sizes. Next steps include finalizing the waiver submission to TEA and continued review at principal staffing meetings in the spring.
