ARTICLE VIII CLASS SIZE

North Smithfield School District

A. Class Size

a. Pre-School – Shall not have an enrollment exceeding fifteen (15) pupils, eight (8) peer models and up to seven (7) children with special needs each session.

b. Kindergarten - shall not exceed twenty-two (22) pupils per class.

c. Grade 1 shall not exceed twenty-two (22) pupils per class.

d. Grades 2-3 - shall not exceed twenty-six (26) pupils per class.

e. Grades 4-6- shall not exceed twenty-eight (28) pupils per class.

f. Secondary class size:

i. Teachers assigned five (5) teaching classes/day shall have a daily student load of no more than one hundred thirty five (135) pupils per day, with no one teaching class size in excess of twenty-eight (28) pupils.

ii. Teachers assigned four (4) teaching classes/day shall have a daily student load of no more than one hundred eight (108) students per day, with no one teaching class size in excess of twenty-eight (28) pupils.

iii. Teachers assigned three (3) teaching classes/day shall have a daily student load of no more than eighty-one (81) students per day, with no one teaching class size in excess of twenty-eight (28) pupils.

iv. Teachers assigned two (2) teaching classes/day shall have a daily student load of no more than fifty-four (54) students per day, with no one teaching class size in excess of twenty-eight (28) pupils.

g. No split grade classes shall be scheduled by the Committee in order to comply with the aforementioned maximum class sizes.

h. Any students newly registered in the North Smithfield School Department after October 1st of each new school year shall not constitute a violation of the class size limits stated

herein. However, no such student shall be placed in a class already at the maximum class size if there is another class at the same level in the same building not at the class size limit. Any such newly registered students shall be assigned equitably among classes at the maximum class sizes at the affected grade level.

i. A class larger or smaller than those specified by the above provisions may be arranged in order to provide for specialized or experimental instruction.

j. The principal and department Chair shall collaboratively determine the number of students that can safely work in a class with specified work stations such as shops, computer labs, etc.

B. No high school teacher shall have a class size which shall differ from the average class size within his department by more than five (5) students.

C. No middle school teacher shall have a class size which shall differ from the average class size within his department by more than five (5) students.

D. No elementary school teacher shall have a class size which shall differ from the average class in the same school on the same grade level by more than three (3) students.

E. The provisions of the three (3) preceding paragraphs shall be subject to where possible, class size should not differ by more than five (5) students where possible; however, this shall be subject to exception where dictates of curriculum or student needs preclude such scheduling or to provide for specialized or experimental instruction.