The Miami-Dade school district intends to fully comply with the constitutional amendment limiting class size, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho told the School Board this week.
To trim class sizes, the school system will:
• Expand virtual classes offered at high schools.
• Require academic coaches who typically instruct teachers to also teach students.
• Provide financial incentives for teachers to teach additional classes.
• Move some central office administrators into classrooms.
“This is our best shot to get there,” Carvalho said.
The plan does not require any teacher layoffs, Carvalho said.
Florida voters passed the Class Size Amendment in 2002 — an action meant to ensure that core classes would be limited to 18 students in grades pre-K through third, 22 in fourth through eighth grades and 25 students in high school.
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