ELEMENTARY TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS: How does your school system sort kids into the different homerooms?

by ArmyStrongPA

Question by Hallie: ELEMENTARY TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS: How does your school system sort kids into the different homerooms?

I mean like last year my daughter was in Ms. Howards class with Angeleah (friend) and Hannah (Friend) and this year she is in Ms. Bleckleys class with Angeleah and Laura (Friend)- How do they determine which kids go together in a class and which teacher?




Best answer:

Answer by cjvw622
Usually there is a meeting at the end of the previous year and the teachers discuss which children should NOT be together, or who might have academic issues that a certain teacher can handle better. (Sometimes if there are male teachers they might think certain kids would fit better into those classes.)
Assuming your daughter is just a normal kid, once they've decided about the special cases it's kind of a lottery. If they think that she or her friends talk too much or don't concentrate they might split them up, but otherwise it's just a matter of the numbers -- how many boys, how many girls, etc. Parents can request certain teachers, but schools don't often respond to that unless there's a very good reason.

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