Elementary Pupil-Teacher Ratio Sample Clauses

Elementary Pupil-Teacher Ratio. The parties recognize that optimum school facilities are desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both the teachers and the Board. 1. In the elementary schools, the ratio of students in young five (5) kindergarten sections should not exceed eighteen (18) to one (1) ratio. Kindergarten classes should not exceed twenty-seven (27) to one (1). Students in a regular classroom grades 1 through 2 should not exceed twenty-eight (28) to one (1). The number of students in any given class will not exceed thirty (30). The ratio of students per regular classroom in grades 3 through 5 should not exceed twenty-nine (29) to one (1). The number of students in any given class will not exceed thirty-one (31). Students in grades K through 5 shall be equally distributed among the teachers at each grade level. New students will be assigned to the smallest class at the appropriate grade level. 2. When the ratio of students per regular Young Fives section exceeds eighteen (18) to one (1), additional compensation shall be paid with a cap of twenty (20) students. When the ratio of Kindergarten students exceeds twenty-seven (27) students, additional compensation shall be paid. When the ratio of students per regular classroom in grades one (1) through two (2) exceeds twenty- eight (28) to one (1), all regular classroom teachers teaching more than twenty-eight (28) students will be paid additional compensation. The additional compensation shall be computed by dividing the annual salary of the affected teacher in half to determine the salary per semester. In grade K the salary per semester will be divided by twenty-six (26) and the teacher will be paid this amount for each additional student over twenty-seven (27). In grade 1 the salary per semester will be divided by) twenty-six (26) and the teacher will be paid this amount for each additional student over twenty- eight (28). In grade 2 the salary per semester will be divided by twenty-seven (27) and the teacher will be paid this amount for each additional student over twenty-eight (28). When the ratio of students per regular classroom in grades three (3) exceeds twenty-nine (29) to one (1), all regular classroom teachers in these levels teaching more than twenty-nine (29) students will be paid additional compensation. The additional compensation shall be computed by dividing the annual salary of the affected teacher in half to determine the salary per semester. The salary per semester will be divided by t...

Elementary Pupil-Teacher Ratio. The parties recognize that optimum school facilities are desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both the teachers and the Board. 1. In the elementary schools, the ratio of students per regular classroom or kindergarten section in grades K through 5 will not exceed twenty-seven (27) to one (1). The number of students in any given class will not exceed thirty (30). Students in grades K through 5 shall be equally distributed among the teachers at each grade level. New students will be assigned to the smallest class at the appropriate grade level. 2. When the ratio of students per regular classroom or K Section in grades kindergarten (K) through five (5) exceeds twenty-seven (27) to one (1), all regular classroom teachers teaching more than twenty-seven (27) students will be paid additional compensation. The additional compensation shall be computed by dividing the annual salary of the effected teacher in half to determine the salary per semester. The salary per semester will be divided by twenty- seven (27) and the teacher will be paid this amount for each additional student over twenty- seven (27). Overload compensation shall be determined as of the authorized state count of each semester of the school year.