Immersion middle school

[Anonymous]

Has there been any serious discussion of moving the immersion kids to a different middle school? If so, what options are there that are viable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has there been any serious discussion of moving the immersion kids to a different middle school? If so, what options are there that are viable?

Aps by the way.

[Anonymous]

There are no current plans to move Immersion from Gunston. APS tried to move it Kenmore a few years ago and parents fought it. It's only 3 years. Your NA kid will be fine at Gunston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are no current plans to move Immersion from Gunston. APS tried to move it Kenmore a few years ago and parents fought it. It's only 3 years. Your NA kid will be fine at Gunston.

I am a South Arlington parent with no qualms about Gunston or any other middle school in Arl but thanks!

[Anonymous]

Wouldn't it be easier to move the Montessori program somewhere else? Or just get rid of it since a lot of Montessori programs are just for elementary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't it be easier to move the Montessori program somewhere else? Or just get rid of it since a lot of Montessori programs are just for elementary

Montessori doesn't free up many seats (less than 100). Immersion frees up 200+.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are no current plans to move Immersion from Gunston. APS tried to move it Kenmore a few years ago and parents fought it. It's only 3 years. Your NA kid will be fine at Gunston.

Forget the parents. Gunston principal won't let go of it. Wants to retain the higher scoring students for her stats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't it be easier to move the Montessori program somewhere else? Or just get rid of it since a lot of Montessori programs are just for elementary

Montessori doesn't free up many seats (less than 100). Immersion frees up 200+.

yes but that is still moving in the right direction, right? don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't it be easier to move the Montessori program somewhere else? Or just get rid of it since a lot of Montessori programs are just for elementary

Montessori doesn't free up many seats (less than 100). Immersion frees up 200+.

yes but that is still moving in the right direction, right? don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good

I'm fine with moving them both; but particularly immersion. It's better for Gunston capacity and better for the immersion program - if you move it to Kenmore like APS wanted to. Montessori middle school is insignificant. They can go wherever.

[Anonymous]

As someone with a kid in immersion, I'd love the immersion middle school to be somewhere more convenient. A mid-Arlington site would be fantastic.

It's going to be a tough call to have my kid bus to Gunston when the local middle school is a short walk from our house.