How do they assign classes here in Charmeck Elementary? (elementary schools, teachers)

[newcharlottan]

My daughter finish finished a year at her school and is going next year to the same school.

Will she have the same classmates? How do they decide what kids goes to what teacher? Do they make sure the classes are ethnically balanced along with x amount of girls, x amount of boys? Smarter kids all in one class or all younger kids?

This is for K-2 at a charmeck elementary in case this helps.

[Hoagie58]

Originally Posted by newcharlottan

My daughter finish finished a year at her school and is going next year to the same school.

Will she have the same classmates? How do they decide what kids goes to what teacher? Do they make sure the classes are ethnically balanced along with x amount of girls, x amount of boys? Smarter kids all in one class or all younger kids?

This is for K-2 at a charmeck elementary in case this helps.

How do they "Ethnically balance" them? By last name? By first name? And, how do you define "smarter" in K-2?

[newcharlottan]

I don't know, that is why I am asking how they do it? Do they do that?

In her other school. the placed all the older kids in one class and all the younger kids in another.

I am curious how they do it here.

Edited to add:
You can define "smarter", by their grades, tests scores and reading levels.

Ethnic, when I enrolled daughter in school, they had me check off what race and nationality she was.

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by newcharlottan

I don't know, that is why I am asking how they do it? Do they do that?

In her other school. the placed all the older kids in one class and all the younger kids in another.

I am curious how they do it here.

Edited to add:
You can define "smarter", by their grades, tests scores and reading levels.

Ethnic, when I enrolled daughter in school, they had me check off what race and nationality she was.

My understanding is that it is random computer selection, for the most part.

[newcharlottan]

Ooh I like the random selection. I read on another forum that their school carefully selects kids to make a balanced classroom and was curious if they did that here.

Good to know!

[Hoagie58]

Originally Posted by newcharlottan

Ooh I like the random selection. I read on another forum that their school carefully selects kids to make a balanced classroom and was curious if they did that here.

Good to know!

This is a bad thing?

[newcharlottan]

Originally Posted by Hoagie58

This is a bad thing?

Not necessarily if they balanced it to have a nice mix of race and boy/girl ratio.

[Hoagie58]

Originally Posted by newcharlottan

Not necessarily if they balanced it to have a nice mix of race and boy/girl ratio.

Agreed!

[newcharlottan]

Originally Posted by Hoagie58

Agreed!

The thread I saw (and not here at all!) indicated they had different ideas of balancing and did it to put all the "smart" kids in one classroom, all the troublemakers in another and the rest scattered in the remaining classrooms.

I much prefer random or like I mentioned before already with the ratios.

[jdr1243]

Most elementary schools here do careful selection (speaking from experience)...teachers ...usually, the teacher your child had last year...sit down and balance random classes (race, gender, ability, Gifted, Special Ed., behavior, etc...) and then admin. sits down of the summer and messes them all up. Then admin. assigns a class to a teacher.