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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] [External] Re: [DCHAS-L] High School Lab Class Enrollment Limits
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 9:16:11 AM
Author: K Roy <safesci**At_Symbol_Here**sbcglobal.net> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] High School Lab Class Enrollment Limits
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:34:21 +0000
Author: David C. Finster

From: Jessica Sutherland <sutherlandjl**At_Symbol_Here**VESTAVIA.K12.AL.US>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] High School Lab Class Enrollment Limits
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:32:09 -0600
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
Message-ID: 15582994-D3A3-4FFA-8142-04D07CCC8BF9**At_Symbol_Here**vestavia.k12.al.us
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Hi Cathy,


The National Science Teaching Association's (NSTA) position statements on the liability of science teachers for the teaching of laboratory science state that no more than 24 students should be enrolled in a science class for adequate supervision. You can view the position statements at https://www.nsta.org/about/positions/liability.aspx I hope this is helpful.

Jessica Sutherland
Vestavia Hills High School
Science Department Chair
Honors Chemistry
Science Olympiad Coach

On Jan 16, 2020, at 7:53 AM, Smiley, Cathy <csmiley**At_Symbol_Here**MARINETTE.K12.WI.US> wrote:

The available bench space is for 24 students. The total square footage in the lab area is 522 sq ft. The whole classroom is 1200 square feet with students seating and lab area.

On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 3:31 PM Jack Reidy <jreidy2**At_Symbol_Here**stanford.edu> wrote:

Cathy,

 

I was looking into lab occupancy guidance just yesterday. The most iron-clad reason would be if your local fire code dictated that limit. If that's not feasible, could you provide the square footage and the amount of available bench space?

Sincerely,

 

Jack Reidy (he/him)

Research Safety Specialist

Environmental Health & Safety

Stanford University

484 Oak Road, Stanford, CA, 94305

Tel: (650) 497-7614

 

 

 

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU> On Behalf Of Smiley, Cathy
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 1:08 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] High School Lab Class Enrollment Limits

 

My colleague and I are the Chemical Hygiene Officers in our school. We currently only allow 24 students in any lab based science class. We are being asked to justify this enrollment limit. Our current lab space accommodates 24 students.

 

Does anyone have any resource guidelines that state we cannot go beyond this capacity?

--

Cathy Smiley

Chemistry Teacher

Marinette High School

715.735.1368

 

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Cathy Smiley
Chemistry Teacher
Marinette High School
715.735.1368

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