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To Save Money, Some Schools In Region Plan Bigger Classes

The Washington Post | May 7, 2008 | Copyright

Under heavy pressure to contain spending, some Washington area school systems are planning to increase class size in the coming year to save money on teachers.

Fairfax County, with the region's largest school system, expects to save $11 million by inching up staffing formulas half a student per classroom teacher. Loudoun County's School Board has approved giving each teacher one additional student, for a savings of $7.3 million. Montgomery and Prince George's county schools are seeking to combine smaller classes or cut support staff and teaching specialists.

The changes would…

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