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Pupil-teacher Ratio Problems Are Discussed

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Day
5
Month
March
Year
1969
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P r o b 1 e m s encountered in classes with a larger-thandesired pupil-teacher ratio were discussed yesterday by members of. the Ann Arbor Education Association (AAEA) anc the Ann Arbor Board of Educa tion. The problems mentioned most often by teachers include disruptive, hard-to-discipline children, and children who are in "great need of remedia reading." The discussions took place during a special board meeting to hear an appeal on three grievances filed by the AAEA late last year. All three grievances deal with class sizes which are larger than the "goals" stated in the 1968-70 master agreement between the school board and the AAEA. The three schools involved are Clinton and Lakewood Elementary schools, and Scarlett Junior High School. Supt. W. Scott Westerman Jr. had answered each grievance, saying the present pupil-teacher ratio would have to continue "until the (financial) resources which are available to the board will enable it to realize allthe goals which are defined." At Clinton School, the average class size this year is 22 pupils. The class size of the grieyant; a fourth-grade teacher, is 32. The average class size at Lakewood School this year is 23.7. The class sizes of the grievants, both third grade teachers, are 31 each. At Scarlett Junior High the grievants said 39 per cent of the social studies classes are over the class size goal of 28. Westerman .said the average class size for the social studies classes at Scarlett is 27. Fourteen of these classes range in enrollment from 19 to 28, he said. Nine classes enroll 29, 30, or 31 pupils. __MÉ