[Mpls] Didn't that referendum state smaller class size only

[Steve Brandt]

Didn't that referendum state smaller class size only
to the fourth grade?
dorie gallagher/nokomis

> If you're aware of the 2000 referendum in which voters
> approved funding smaller class sizes you might also
> remember that one of the "promises" was that smaller
> class sizes would increase student achievement.
> Michael Atherton
> Prospect Park

BRANDT:  Nope, Dorie.  Here's a description from an article from the 1990 referendum:

"The goal by 1993 is tocut classes in kindergarten through second grade to an average of 19
students (they now average 28 to 30). Third through eighth grades would
be trimmed from an average of  30 students to 25, and grades nine
through 12 would be reduced from 33 to 26."

Keep in mind that these are districtwide averages.  As they say in the car ads, your mileage may vary.

Steve Brandt
Star Tribune