1. November 10 th, 2009 Appoqunimink School District Board Meeting Request for Waiver as per Title 14, Section 1705A.

2. Delaware Law Title 14 - 1705A (a) The ratio of students to instructors in any class in kindergarten or grades 1-3 in a Delaware public school shall not exceed 22 students as of the last school day of October. In calculating such ratio, a classroom instructional aide shall count as equal to half a teacher. This subsection shall only apply to a class within students are instructed in the core academic subjects of English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.(a) The ratio of students to instructors in any class in kindergarten or grades 1-3 in a Delaware public school shall not exceed 22 students as of the last school day of October. In calculating such ratio, a classroom instructional aide shall count as equal to half a teacher. This subsection shall only apply to a class within students are instructed in the core academic subjects of English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. (c) A local school board may waive subsection (a) at a public meeting noticed for that purpose…(c) A local school board may waive subsection (a) at a public meeting noticed for that purpose…

3. Total rooms that do not meet the student / teacher ratio for K through Grade 3: AECC – 1 - 8AECC – 1 - 8 CLECC - 0 - 13CLECC - 0 - 13 TECC - 1 - 9TECC - 1 - 9 SLE - 2 - 19SLE - 2 - 19 TES - 3 - 15TES - 3 - 15 CLE - 8 - 15CLE - 8 - 15 OBL - 10 -18OBL - 10 -18 BME - 6 - 22BME - 6 - 22 BHE - 11 - 17BHE - 11 - 17 42 136 19 Rooms are 1 over with 23 18 Rooms are 2 over with 24 5 Rooms are 3 over with 25.

4. Status of class size in each school:

5. Room Number: 10/30/09 Student Count 20422 20523 30321 40022 40121 40221 40322 40522 Appoqunimink Early Childhood Center: Waiver Needed

6. Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center: No Waiver Needed # 120 22 # 122 19 # 123 21 # 125 20 # 127 21 # 129 22 # 131 20 # 133 21 # 147 21 # 149 21 # 150 22 # 152 21 # 159 20

7. Townsend Early Childhood Center: Waiver # 101 # 10122 # 103 22 # 106 21 # 108/FT Para 24 # 110/ FT Para 23 # 112 22 # 114 Two Teachers 26 # B 101 21 # B 103 23

8. Brick Mill Elementary: Waiver D 101 23 F 107 21 D 102 22 F 108 21 D 103 22 F 109 21 D 104 22 C 104 24 D 113 21 E 102 21 D 114 21 E 103 22 D 116 23 E 104 20 E 106 22 F 102 23 E 107 21 F 103 23 E 108 21 F 104 23 E 109 Two Teachers 23 F 106 22

9. Bunker Hill Elementary School: Waiver 101 Two Teachers 2411319 1032511423 1042411524 14124 201 Two Teachers 25 1422320325 1432422125 1082222225 1092222324 110 Two Teachers 22

10. Cedar Lane Elementary: Waiver # 01 24 A 4 22 # 02 24 A 5 22 # 03 24 A 6 24 # 18 Two Teachers 26 A 7 24 # 25 Two Teachers 26 A 8 23 A 1 22 # 19 Two Teachers 25 A 2 Two Teachers 25 # 20 24 A 3 23

11. Olive B. Loss: Waiver C 105 22 C 116 23 C 107 21 A 129 Teacher plus p/t teacher 23 C 108 23 A 130 23 C 109 21 C 119 24 C 110 21 C 130 24 C 112 22 C 131 23 C 111 24 C 132 24 C 113 23 C 134/ Two Teachers 23 C 114 24 C 115 22

12. Silver Lake Elementary: Waiver1032212922 1052213221 1102113322 1122210923 128111418 1341711623 1411911822 117211282 11919 12621 1281

13. Townsend Elementary: Waiver 1093 02 Two Teachers 27 111220325 112 Two Teachers 230424 114211092 115231104 1093 11822 11922 12019 12122

14. Average K – 3 Class Size by school for 2009 School Avg. K-3 Class Size AECC21.8 BME21.9 BHE23.4 CLECC20.8 CLE23.3 OBL22.9 SLE20.1 TECC21.8 TES22.3

15. Additional data from past years: Year Average number of students over the 22. 20091.6 20081.7 20072.5 20061.5 20051.2