Allocation of Teachers. The number of Teachers generated in accordance with Article 27.01 shall be allocated and assigned to each elementary school applying the P.T.R. determined in Article 27.01 within a range of + 0.5 to -1.50. The In -School Staffing Committee (Elementary) through the Principal shall ascertain the staff complement for the school and recommend the school organization based on the following maximum class size guidelines. Division Maximum Class Size Guidelines JK/SK 20+ / - 4 Primary (1,2,3) 22+ / - 4 Junior (4,5,6) 26+ / - 4 Intermediate (7,8) 28+ / - 4 Where the assignment of staff allows for a school to be organized in accordance with the maximum class size ranges, but the District Staffing Committee (Elementary) believes that the interests of both pupils and Teachers would be better served by organizing outside those ranges, such organization shall be recommended to the administration. The In-School Staffing Committee (Elementary) may request adjustments to the allocation of staff within the range specified above. The request along with any recommendations of the Union or Executive Council shall be sent to the District Staffing Committee (Elementary) for application of this criteria. It is recognized that if there is a need for more staff in a school than would otherwise be allocated, the request will be reviewed by the District Staffing Committee (Elementary). For allocation purposes the number of FTE students for each school shall be that used in arriving at the projected enrolment figure in Article 27.01. The staff allocations to a school will be rounded to the nearest point two (0.2) of an F.T.E. Teacher.
