By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
Next school year, 2004-2005, the district is preparing
for larger than usual fifth and sixth grade classes.
It is projected that there will be 160 students in the
fifth grade which makes it one of the largest classes in the
district. There should also be 157 students in the sixth
grade.
"We hired one new teacher mid-year (in 2004)" said
Superintendent Kirk Wright, "to help with the large number
of students."
The new mid-year hire assisted with existing sections
last year but this year will have a classroom and students.
In addition, one more teacher has been hired for a total of
two new teachers.
There will be six teachers for the fifth grade and six
for the sixth.
"That gives us an overall pupil to teacher ratio of
26.42 students," said Wright.
Because of the large class sizes, the ratio is the
highest of any of the other schools.
For example, the average ratio at Mona Elementary is
20.14; the average ratio at Nephi Elementary is 22.29; the
average ratio at the Juab Junior High is 22.96; and at Juab
High School is 25.95.
The first grade, at the end of the fourth quarter,
proved to be another large class with 179 students enrolled.
Those students are moving on to the second grade and the
coming first grade has a projected size of 146 students.
"It is strange how much the class sizes go up and down
from year to year," said Stacy Brooks, board member.
In all, there were 236 students and 9.5 teachers at
Mona at the end of the fourth quarter. At Nephi Elementary
there were 580 students in Kindergarten through fourth grade
and there were 27 teachers.
Juab fifth and sixth grades had a total of 268
students with 317 students projected for the 2004-2005 year.
The coming year those classes will have 12 teachers.
Juab seventh and eighth grade classes had 274 students
with 287 projected for the coming year. There will be 12.5
teachers for the school.
Juab High had an end-of-year student population of 487
students with 519 projected for the coming year. There will
be 20 teachers at the school.
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