APS Middle School Boundaries?

[Anonymous]

I thought that they were supposed to issue a revised proposal for the middle school boundaries today, but I don't see anything on the APS website. Am I looking in the wrong place or did they delay it?

[Anonymous]

Where and when did you hear this?

I’m following and never heard that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where and when did you hear this?

I’m following and never heard that.

It had been on their website - I'm almost certain of it - but I can't find it now. Either they changed something or I'm going crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where and when did you hear this?

I’m following and never heard that.

It had been on their website - I'm almost certain of it - but I can't find it now. Either they changed something or I'm going crazy.

Maybe they said that initially before they canceled the immersion round table?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where and when did you hear this?

I’m following and never heard that.

It had been on their website - I'm almost certain of it - but I can't find it now. Either they changed something or I'm going crazy.

Maybe they said that initially before they canceled the immersion round table?

If they don't move the immersion program, then do all the middle school boundaries stay the same?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where and when did you hear this?

I’m following and never heard that.

It had been on their website - I'm almost certain of it - but I can't find it now. Either they changed something or I'm going crazy.

Maybe they said that initially before they canceled the immersion round table?

If they don't move the immersion program, then do all the middle school boundaries stay the same?

No I think even more students would need to be moved. Because even more Gunston kids would need to push north.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where and when did you hear this?

I’m following and never heard that.

It had been on their website - I'm almost certain of it - but I can't find it now. Either they changed something or I'm going crazy.

Maybe they said that initially before they canceled the immersion round table?

If they don't move the immersion program, then do all the middle school boundaries stay the same?

No I think even more students would need to be moved. Because even more Gunston kids would need to push north.

Correct. This is what the early report says. The only way that they don’t move middle
school boundaries this year is if they just punt to next year. Which of course is a real option with APS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where and when did you hear this?

I’m following and never heard that.

It had been on their website - I'm almost certain of it - but I can't find it now. Either they changed something or I'm going crazy.

Maybe they said that initially before they canceled the immersion round table?

If they don't move the immersion program, then do all the middle school boundaries stay the same?

No I think even more students would need to be moved. Because even more Gunston kids would need to push north.

I know nobody really cares, but this is why it's more important to move the immersion program. Just shuffling the boundaries northward will take away the wealthier neighborhoods from TJ and further exacerbate the economic divide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought that they were supposed to issue a revised proposal for the middle school boundaries today, but I don't see anything on the APS website. Am I looking in the wrong place or did they delay it?

I thought yesterday/15th was the deadline for public comments, not that they were putting out a new proposal.

[Anonymous]

Here’s the timeline which, of course can be found on the APS engage website:

Fall 2023

September 2023: Community Table Session #3
September 26, 2023: School Board Work Session on the Middle School Boundaries and Program Moves
October 12, 2023: The Proposed Middle School Boundaries and Program Moves are Presented to the School Board as an Information Item
October to November: Community Information Sessions on the Proposed Middle School Boundaries and Program Moves
November 27, 2023: School Board Public Hearing on the Proposed Middle School Boundaries and Program Moves
December 14, 2023: The School Board Votes on the Proposed Middle School Boundaries and Program Moves

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the timeline which, of course can be found on the APS engage website:

Fall 2023

September 2023: Community Table Session #3
September 26, 2023: School Board Work Session on the Middle School Boundaries and Program Moves
October 12, 2023: The Proposed Middle School Boundaries and Program Moves are Presented to the School Board as an Information Item
October to November: Community Information Sessions on the Proposed Middle School Boundaries and Program Moves
November 27, 2023: School Board Public Hearing on the Proposed Middle School Boundaries and Program Moves
December 14, 2023: The School Board Votes on the Proposed Middle School Boundaries and Program Moves

Except none of this works anymore because they punted the community table session to October.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where and when did you hear this?

I’m following and never heard that.

It had been on their website - I'm almost certain of it - but I can't find it now. Either they changed something or I'm going crazy.

Maybe they said that initially before they canceled the immersion round table?

If they don't move the immersion program, then do all the middle school boundaries stay the same?

No I think even more students would need to be moved. Because even more Gunston kids would need to push north.

I know nobody really cares, but this is why it's more important to move the immersion program. Just shuffling the boundaries northward will take away the wealthier neighborhoods from TJ and further exacerbate the economic divide.

People are just throwing anything at the wall that will mean their kid isn't affected at all, which is clearly this bizarro campaign to put immersion at WMS.

[Anonymous]

I bet they delay it for another year or two. People in pretty much every middle school were furious about having to move, and that eventually is inevitable. But it's easier to just kick the can for a few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet they delay it for another year or two. People in pretty much every middle school were furious about having to move, and that eventually is inevitable. But it's easier to just kick the can for a few years.

I would be surprised if they do that and if they do Gunston parents should be pissed. They've been overcrowded for a while as Williamsburg sits very unfull.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I bet they delay it for another year or two. People in pretty much every middle school were furious about having to move, and that eventually is inevitable. But it's easier to just kick the can for a few years.

I would be surprised if they do that and if they do Gunston parents should be pissed. They've been overcrowded for a while as Williamsburg sits very unfull.

And furthermore, these changes they are supposed to vote on in December won't even go into effect until 2025. So if they kick the can down the road it's many years until there is any relief.