Elementary classrooms in three Fort Worth-area school districts exceed the state’s maximum number of students Texas allows for one teacher.
School trustees in the Fort Worth, Crowley and Aledo districts are seeking state waivers allowing specific classes to have more than 22 students. Texas generally caps class sizes in pre-K through fourth grade.
Here’s how many class-size waivers each district sought:
- 137 classes in Fort Worth ISD
- 53 classes in Crowley ISD
- 17 classes in Aledo ISD
Steven Poole, executive director of the United Educators Association, told Fort Worth ISD trustees that crowded classes have a profound effect on students and teachers…