multigrade classroom debate

Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this important discussion.

While the principle of split classes is one that all L E parents likely support, class

size is also very important. If class sizes are capped at approximately 20, then, as others have suggested, social issues can arise with very few children of the same gender and year in a class. For us, and my daughter will be entering grade 4 in the fall, class size is more important than maintaining a 4/5/6 split.

Bill Cross