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In reply to the discussion: This will offend some people, and for any offence I apologize. [View all]ProfessorGAC
(71,385 posts)Most of the catholic schools here started at first grade.
So, my kindergarten was at a small public school near where we lived.
My grade school was the biggest one in the city. 150-160 kids in each grade.
As early as 4th grade, the teachers were single subject. We didn't change rooms, the teachers did.
In 6th - 8th, the kids changed rooms.
7th & 8th grade was in its own building, 1-3 in another, 4-6 in a third.
There were typically over 30 in every class.
We had LOTS of lay teachers.
In 7th & 8th grade, we had one nun that taught language arts. All the other teachers were just folks. Some were young men who were there because the government wasn't drafting teachers or education majors. They told us so. In those 2 years, the nun was the only woman teacher in that building!
The school my wife went to about 2 miles away, had 180 kids in the whole school! And nearly all the teachers were nuns. Quite the difference for 2 miles apart.
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