The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/zZYQZS ) that the board voted Thursday to extend the waiver through next school year to give schools more flexibility as funding remains scarce. Schools are facing more than $1 billion in state funding cuts, as well as steep declines in local property tax revenues.
Class size limits vary. It can range from 18 students in a kindergarten class to more than 30 students in a fine arts or foreign language middle school class.
In Cobb County, officials are adding two students per classroom at all grade levels in order to cut 250 teaching jobs.
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