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Show Aides will help in larger elementary school jclasses r ' AJ I . - jUiir up-,: 1? ( .v Bill McPrintink MIDMUTICIWl by NAN CHALAT Record staff writer Although overall enrollment in the Park City School District has declined, declin-ed, there are more students at Parley's Park Elementary School than ever before. As of Oct. 1, 482 students had registered in grades kindergarten through fourth. That enrollment count represents a 3 . percent increase in-crease over last year. The growth not only was uneven in the district, it also was unevenly distributed among the grades at the elementary school, said school prin cipal Linda Singer. " ' A breakdown of the students enrolled in each grade showed 87 students in kindergarten, 92 in first grade, 91 in second, 97 in third and 101 in fourth. The imbalance in the upper grades has caused some of the third and fourth grade sections to exceed ex-ceed the ideal class size of 20 students, Singer said. Class sizes in the elementary school currently range from 17 to 27 students, she said. Additional teacher's aides have been assigned to those teachers with the larger classes, she added. "Those teachers will also have priority in specialists' time. "I understand the concern of parents and teachers about the larger class sizes. All research currently cur-rently makes it clear small classes make a difference, but we must work within our current budget constraints," con-straints," she said. The school board last April reduced reduc-ed its voted leeway mill levy approved ap-proved by voters to reduce class sizes because it could not meet that goal, she said. Singer added the school district anticipated a possible increase in class sizes at the elementary school and hired three additional aides. Stop Hiding from Your Customers I ,w o O -I i (Advertise.) 1 Call the Park Record I 649-9014 I |