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In attempt to administer Board policy as it relates to class size, the administration of ISD #152 shall utilize the following:

Grade grouping: Target average class size

Kindergarten: 22
Grade 1: 23
Grades 2-3: 25
Grades 4: 27

Grade grouping: Size at which transporting, an added class, or pursuing other alternatives will be considered during the school year.

Kindergarten: 24
Grade 1: 25
Grades 2-3: 27
Grades 4: 29
Grades 5-6: 30

Self-contained, special education students who are in the regular classroom for more than half their day are considered to be in the regular education classroom count (over 1.25 hours for kindergarten and 3 hours for grades 1-6).

In grades 7-12, and in situations relating to special education, principals shall not assign staff with class loads beyond those established by Minnesota statutes or Board of Education policy.

Consideration of the possibility of moving an entire family will be reviewed in cases when this policy is administered.

When considering boundary exception requests, the following will apply:

1. Up to the first day of school, boundary exceptions will not be approved when class size exceeds target class size minus two, (e.g. when kindergarten exceeds 20, grade 1-21, grades 2&3-23 and grade 4-25).

2. Beginning the first day of school, boundary exceptions will be considered as long as the target class size has not been exceeded.

Cross Reference:
Moorhead School Board Policy 536: Boundary Exception Request