Teachers kick off strike in Portland, Oregon, over class sizes, pay and resources

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Teachers in Portland, Oregon, went on strike Wednesday, shuttering school for some 45,000 students in Oregon's biggest city

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So what ARE class sizes in Oregon?

I found this article from 2018 that says:

The [union negotiated] thresholds are 24 students for kindergarten classes, 26 for grades 1 to 3, and 28 for grades 4 to 5. For middle and high schools, the thresholds limit how many students teachers may see in a day: 150, or 220 for performance classes, for middle school; and 160, or 225 for performance classes, for high school.

That's a better teacher to student ratio than I had growing up in what was considered a good school district.

The article talks about how class sizes can rise from there they just have to pay the teachers 3% more. It also depends on the students themselves. A couple or a single aggressive kid(s) can make a class spiral out of control.