Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i1MEONI01552; Sun, 22 Feb 2004 09:24:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 09:24:23 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <022220041420.18294.319c@comcast.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: ttweeton@comcast.net To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9953] Re: ESL Wait Lists X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 27 2003) Status: O Content-Length: 2393 Lines: 15 Cathy , I am going to give you a very unscientific reply about our situation in Broward County Forida. I am not sure this limit on class size reflects all of the state so therefore my reply is limited to our particular county, where we service 250,000 adults in Adult Education programs of some kind. ESOL students may access a program choosing either the day or evening programs or Saturday, attending any class not more than 30 hours. They may not enroll in several time periods,, even if they would have the physical time to do so.The caps per class are varied depending on the size of the space provided, and regulated by the fire department( who definitely check!). So therefore a class could accomodate up to 65 students or be limited to 45. Therefore, now we come to the lists. If there are 65 enrolled on the rosters, (even tho they may not come often and there are not more than 30 physical bodies in the room,) new students MUST be put on a waiting list, till some one drops off the roster which isn't too difficult really. People are constantly coming and going because they move etc.. 65 is the limit for any roster, period. I think the reasoning is that limits are put on the number of hours attending because students don't pay more than the enrollment fee and therefore are not entitled to more free education than a certain amount decided by the county. The idea is to give other students the opportunity, as well, to enroll if they should desire to do so. Some sites are wildly popular, like those situated in a mall, and those sites definitely have waiting lists. Others waiting lists are shorter. Those sites are not so attractive, especially to young people, as the malls are, so the young adults don't enroll there. If a student encounters a waiting list, he/she is free to search out another site that may not have a waitng list, even tho this may not be a location that is convenient for them. My feeling is however that when a person wants to attend a particular class, they decide to wait to enroll elsewhere till space comes open at the site they have chosen. ON occasion I have heard them express this decision. Sometimes transportation is a factor, and they really can't attend another site that is farther away, so they wait for an opening for this reason. Hope this helps. Unscientifically yours, Tanya Tweeton GED and ESOL Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Thu Dec 23 2004 - 09:46:39 EST