Size Matters

You know what they say about big classes: no desks
by Omar Arce


As school budget decreases class size increases. This inverse relationship seems to be another dogma in school administration. And the 9 billion budget cut in California is not helping either. As many other schools throughout California, SOH has closed down classes: as many as 7. The students from this classes have been transferred to other classes making classes more crowded.

Teachers do not agree in the expansion class sizes. "It's very difficult to pay attention to everyone," states Ms. Vargas, a social science teacher at SOH. She has encountered many problems from "...not having enough seats..." to "...students not being able to pay attention." After all, teachers are the ones in charge of the education of students. That is why they should be heard. But the only problem is the budget. The only problem is the budget.

There can be many other ways to solve this problem. Instead of building new classrooms, keeping teachers to teach those students that have been moved incessantly. If admistrators want test scores to rise, then the only possible way to do it is to make class sizes smaller.