1. November 12 th, 2008 Appoqunimink School District Board Meeting Request for Waiver of Section 1705A of Title 14.

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 wit h more than 22 students – K through Grade 3: AECC – 0 – 10AECC – 0 – 10 CLECC -0 – 13CLECC -0 – 13 TECC - 1 - 9TECC - 1 - 9 SLE - 6 – 21SLE - 6 – 21 TES - 7 – 18TES - 7 – 18 CLE - 0 – 20CLE - 0 – 20 OBL - 5 – 19OBL - 5 – 19 BME - 5 - 22BME - 5 - 22 24 132 We are requesting a waiver for 24 class rooms…

4. The following are all Early Childhood Centers and Elementary Schools and their enrollment as of the last school day in October…

5. Room Number: 10/31/08 Student Count 20421 20522 30020 30321 40021 40121 40221 40318 40421 40522 Appoqunimink Early Childhood Center: No Waiver Needed

6. Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center: No Waiver Needed # 120 22 # 122 21 # 123 22 # 125 17 # 127 22 # 129 17 # 131 19 # 133 21 # 147 21 # 149 21 # 150 21 # 152 20 # 159 21

7. Townsend Early Childhood Center: Waiver # 101 # 10122 # 103 22 # 104 22 # 106 22 # 108 21 # 110 21 # 112 23 # 114 22 # B 101 22

8. Brick Mill Elementary: Waiver D 101 22 F 107 25 D 102 22 F 108 25 D 103 22 F 109 - 2 Teachers 23 D 104 22 C 104 21 D 113 21 E 102 21 D 114 22 E 103 21 D 116 22 E 104 21 D 106 21 E 106 21 F 102 25 E 107 20 F 103 24 E 108 21 F 104 24 E 109 20

9. Cedar Lane Elementary: No Waiver # 01 18 A 4 20 # 02 18 A 5 20 # 03 20 A 6 20 # 18 21 A 7 21 # 24 21 # 5 21 # 25 22 # 19 Two Teachers 26 # 26 21 # 20 22 A 1 20 # 22 22 A 2 20 # 22 22 A 3 21 # 23 22

10. Olive B. Loss: Waiver C 105 21 C 116 23 C 107 20 C 117 22 C 108 21 C 119 23 C 109 19 A 129 21 C 110 21 A 130 22 C 112 20 C 130 21 C 111 23 C 131 21 C 113 24 C 132 21 C 114 22 C 134 19 C 115 24

11. Silver Lake Elementary: Waiver # 108 21 # 134 Two Teachers 23 # 110 21 # 140 22 # 112 21 # 141 22 # 118 20 # 102 20 # 121 Incl. 24 # 104 23 # 123 20 # 107 23 # 128 22 # 109 23 # 158 24 # 111 20 # 100 22 # 114 19 # 103 22 # 116 23 # 105 24

12. Townsend Elementary: Waiver 11221 119 Two Teachers 24 TA 116 512024 TB 105 2112124 TB 107 22 TA 116 5 TB 109 2200124 TB 111 2200324 TB 113 2100424 11523 102 Two Teachers 23 118231104