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20 kids in her 3 year old class with 2 teachers. she starts on thursday

Junior kindergarten here has 26-30 kids. Usually one teacher and one assistant. (Two rotating, it seems)

Our provincial cap is 21 students (K-2) or 16 if it's a split class.

We're not there yet but our school takes a maximum of 30 kids per class and every class has at least one, if not more, assistant, plus a teacher of course. There is no flexibility with class sizes going behind their specified maximum, as places are allocated by the council (equivalent to a school district) based on parental preference whilst adhering to the order of priorities in which places are assigned (ie kids with special needs have highest priority, followed by kids with a sibling in the school already, then kids in catchment starting with who lives closest as the crow flies, and so on). Very specific and very British for sure!

In my school district the cap is 21

@PinkElephant: 32 kids in one room is mind boggling! gosh I remember being in primary school in the 80's and our class sizes were that big. I can imagine we drove the teachers bonkers, especially on a hot day.

Ours is 30 with a lead teacher and a ECE (who doesn't lead curriculum but works with more development stuff). But then in grade 1, it drops to 20, with one teacher. I volunteered in both my daughters K classes and it was flat out terrible with that many little bodies, just getting used to school, and being taught. So hard.