2. At the elementary level, class sizes shall not exceed the following:
Kindergarten 23
Readiness 18
Grades | & Il 27
Grades III-V 30
3. At the secondary level teachers shall be limited to a maximum of thirty-one (31) pupils per
subject class (forty (40) pupils for physical education) except for (1) study halls, band,
chorus, and similar activities and (2) programs of team teaching, large group instruction,
educational television, film instruction, group lectures and similar instructional methods.
Class size will be determined on the first school day in October of each school year. The
overage formula provided in Article 8.4.D.6 shall be paid for any overage experienced
between the first day of school in September and October 1, provided that the overage(s)
during that period continue beyond October 1.
5. No secondary counselor shall have more than a total of 325 students.
counselors at Nashua High School shall have no more than a total of
300 students. The BOARD agrees to implement the state standards for elementary
counselor student loads.
6. In the event a class size with the exception of Kindergarten and Readiness classes as set
forth in this Article 8:4D is exceeded after the first school day in October, the teacher of
said class shall receive additional compensation for each excess pupil for the time such
excess exists computed according to the following formula: For the first two excess
pupils, Elementary -- Three times (number of school days the excess pupil is enrolled in
the class) times [(the District average teacher base annual salary divided by 184 days)
divided by the maximum class size as set forth in this Article 8:4D)]; Secondary -- Three
times (number of school days the excess pupil is enrolled in the class divided by 5) times
[(the District average teacher base annual salary divided by 184 days) divided by the
maximum class size as set forth in this article 8:4D)]. For the third and fourth excess
pupil, two times the formula set forth in the first sentence of this section. For the fifth and
sixth excess pupil, three times said formula. For the seventh and eighth pupil, four times
said formula.
Average teacher base annual salary shall be determined by the combined salaries paid in
accordance with the Teacher Salary Schedule to all full-time Annual and Continuing
Contract, Federally Funded Special Education, and Continuing Substitute teachers, other
than school psychologists and school nurses, in active service with the District on the first
day of the school year divided by the number of said teachers. The payment for excess
pupils shall be made in a lump sum within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of each
semester of each school year.
E At the secondary level with the exception of physical education and those exceptions noted under
8:4D.3 above, no teacher shall have a teaching load in excess of 150 per grading cycle. Load will
be determined on the first school day in October of each school year.
F. The BOARD will limit assignments in computer, secondary science, business, FACS (family and
consumer science), industrial arts and
courses so that the number of students will, within a 10% margin, not exceed the number of
students who can be accommodated by the number of student work stations. Load will be
determined on the first school day in October of each school year.
G. A six-hour per day aide for each four sections of kindergarten will be provided.
Student Health
A. Eye testing shall be done by professionally trained personnel.
B. A full time nurse shall be assigned to each large school to care for children who become ill and to
carry out a program of health education through lecture and demonstration.
C. Weighing and measuring of children shall be done, or supervised, by the school nurse.
Scholarship and Standards
Teachers shall maintain the right and responsibility to grade pupils based upon records maintained by the
teacher with respect to each pupil.
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