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Non-capital efforts to achieve class size compliance
5:32:40
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First Deputy Chancellor Daniel Weisberg explains the non-capital efforts being made to achieve class size compliance. These efforts focus on utilizing existing space more efficiently and opening additional classes without building new facilities.
- Many schools have space to open additional classes but need teachers and funding
- About 800 applications from schools seeking to reduce class size using existing space have been received
- The Department of Education is pursuing two tracks to achieve compliance: opening new classes in existing space and adding new space through construction
Daniel Weisberg
5:32:40
Yeah.
5:32:40
I mean, there there are some possibilities to do that.
5:32:45
You know, it it depends on a number of factors.
5:32:50
But, you know, yes, we'll adjust as we go.
5:32:53
As you say, demographics are fluid, immigration patterns, housing patterns, etcetera.
5:32:59
One thing just on compliance here, we will be able to make quite a bit of progress towards the towards compliance based on the noncapital efforts that we have that Deputy Chancellor Badera talked about in the expense hearing.
5:33:17
That is we have lots of schools that have space.
5:33:21
They could open up additional classes.
5:33:24
They need teachers and funding to do that, and so that's the process that Emma and her team have led with our union partners.
5:33:31
We've got about 800 applications from schools seeking to reduce class size, not based on building additional space using the space that they have.
5:33:40
Now that won't get us to 100% by any stretch, but when you talk about how far towards compliance will we get with these additional seats, we have kind of two tracks to get to compliance.
5:33:53
One is about opening new classes with an existing space, and one is about adding space.
Rita Joseph
5:33:58
And and building more schools.
Daniel Weisberg
5:33:59
Correct.
5:34:00
So