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Ms. Barker said it would be better to split the class into two sections with 15 students <br />to one teacher if the facilities could be made available. <br /> <br /> Ms. Haugen said she visited a classroom with two teachers to 32 students where the <br />situation seemed to be working. This may not be the ideal situation but there is only so much <br />funding available. <br /> <br /> Ms. Barker said having the facilities, even though the classes are not reduced, makes a <br />difference. <br /> <br /> Ms. McGovern said the School Board tried to pass a parcel tax for class size reduction <br />and it only received 43 percent of the vote. She was glad to be talking about class size <br />reduction. <br /> <br /> Ms. Haugen reiterated other issues: fourth grade is the largest class and that the middle <br />school will not be built until these students reach the seventh grade and how would the School <br />District accommodate these students. <br /> <br /> Dr. McCurtain felt the issue was whether the process could be speeded. up to build the <br />middle school. The School District is doing everything it can to make this happen. The <br />construction drawings are in the process of being finished. Once the construction drawings are <br />done they will be submitted to the Division of State Architects. He said it will take every <br />available day between now and September 2000 in order to construct the school. When the <br />school is done the enrollments will be spread out among all the schools so there will be <br />approximately 1,000 students per school. The School District and the City will do everything <br />it can to ensure the opening of the school. <br /> <br /> Ms. Ayala said there was a concern regarding an article on the Internet about a 20 <br />percent growth for the City and bond ratings. <br /> <br /> Dr. McCurtain said not to believe everything that is on the Internet. The City has never <br />had a 20 percent growth. The School District is one of five school districts in California that <br />has an AA bond rating. <br /> <br /> Ms. Haugen said there was a question on school size reduction. <br /> <br /> Dr. McCurtain said after all the figures were looked at the largest student ratio per <br />elementary schools would be Donlon at 900 and the next largest would be Walnut Grove at 850. <br />The rest of the schools fluctuate between 650 and 675. The Donlon School is big enough to <br />handle 900 students. The District has tried to lower the number of students for the Walnut <br /> <br />Joint Meeting 16 06/04/98 <br />School Board/City Council <br />Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />