Middle school boundary adjustments aps

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any inside information or rumors on what is planned? My daughter will be in fifth grade next year and I saw the maps that kept most of her school at hamm, which would be great for her socially. The maps that don’t move immersion aren’t as good (and honestly look a little screwy), so I’m curious if anyone has any insight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any inside information or rumors on what is planned? My daughter will be in fifth grade next year and I saw the maps that kept most of her school at hamm, which would be great for her socially. The maps that don’t move immersion aren’t as good (and honestly look a little screwy), so I’m curious if anyone has any insight.

I don’t think anyone knows. APS just revised the boundary policy that now prioritizes alignment and walkability over other concerns. So that should keep neighborhoods happy. But for boundary changes to actually happen, APS could wait till Arlington Tech fully opens to solve the worsening enrollment imbalances among the schools. I’ve previously commented on the pros/cons of other commenters’ ideas here like moving all of Lyon Village to Yorktown to solve an alignment issue or sending Boulevard Manor to Swanson for similar reasons, etc. But these are all just pie in the sky ideas that probably no one except people on here are discussing or considering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any inside information or rumors on what is planned? My daughter will be in fifth grade next year and I saw the maps that kept most of her school at hamm, which would be great for her socially. The maps that don’t move immersion aren’t as good (and honestly look a little screwy), so I’m curious if anyone has any insight.

Wouldn't expect anything to happen, except another delay. Syphax is reorganizing and that means it is probably unlikely staff will be in place/prepared to conduct a boundary change.

[Anonymous]

I thought they were waiting because enrollment dipped so the overcrowding they were trying to ease (especially at Gunston) wasn't as much of an issue.

We are an Immersion family with a current 4th grader so are caught in the crosshairs too. My kid might be the one changing schools for 7th or 8th grade. We'll see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought they were waiting because enrollment dipped so the overcrowding they were trying to ease (especially at Gunston) wasn't as much of an issue.

We are an Immersion family with a current 4th grader so are caught in the crosshairs too. My kid might be the one changing schools for 7th or 8th grade. We'll see.

I mean if you are in Immersion, and the program moves to another school, your kid is moved with his most relevant cohort. Its not like neighborhood divisions where its geographically determined. He'll be moving with all the kids he knew from elementary who went to middle school with him, unless I misunderstand the program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any inside information or rumors on what is planned? My daughter will be in fifth grade next year and I saw the maps that kept most of her school at hamm, which would be great for her socially. The maps that don’t move immersion aren’t as good (and honestly look a little screwy), so I’m curious if anyone has any insight.

I don’t think anyone knows. APS just revised the boundary policy that now prioritizes alignment and walkability over other concerns. So that should keep neighborhoods happy. But for boundary changes to actually happen, APS could wait till Arlington Tech fully opens to solve the worsening enrollment imbalances among the schools. I’ve previously commented on the pros/cons of other commenters’ ideas here like moving all of Lyon Village to Yorktown to solve an alignment issue or sending Boulevard Manor to Swanson for similar reasons, etc. But these are all just pie in the sky ideas that probably no one except people on here are discussing or considering.

Are there new documents? I thought this was tabled for a long time?
They cancelled the Nottingham "swing space".

They discovered that Gunston was overcrowded by 100 students who were not even FROM APS.

We need to double down on residency checking in every freaking grade before entering another boundary Thunderdome(tm).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any inside information or rumors on what is planned? My daughter will be in fifth grade next year and I saw the maps that kept most of her school at hamm, which would be great for her socially. The maps that don’t move immersion aren’t as good (and honestly look a little screwy), so I’m curious if anyone has any insight.

I don’t think anyone knows. APS just revised the boundary policy that now prioritizes alignment and walkability over other concerns. So that should keep neighborhoods happy. But for boundary changes to actually happen, APS could wait till Arlington Tech fully opens to solve the worsening enrollment imbalances among the schools. I’ve previously commented on the pros/cons of other commenters’ ideas here like moving all of Lyon Village to Yorktown to solve an alignment issue or sending Boulevard Manor to Swanson for similar reasons, etc. But these are all just pie in the sky ideas that probably no one except people on here are discussing or considering.

Are there new documents? I thought this was tabled for a long time?
They cancelled the Nottingham "swing space".

They discovered that Gunston was overcrowded by 100 students who were not even FROM APS.

We need to double down on residency checking in every freaking grade before entering another boundary Thunderdome(tm).

My assumption is that students who didn’t live in Arlington were asked to leave or are now paying tuition?

Arlnow I think published something on the new boundary policy.

Boundaries traditionally happen once a generation but APS really messed things up the last couple rounds regarding alignment.

[Anonymous]

I'm hoping APS leaves MS boundaries alone and deals with any minimal overcrowding by preferencing optional transfers to under enrolled MSs. Let students self select.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought they were waiting because enrollment dipped so the overcrowding they were trying to ease (especially at Gunston) wasn't as much of an issue.

We are an Immersion family with a current 4th grader so are caught in the crosshairs too. My kid might be the one changing schools for 7th or 8th grade. We'll see.

I mean if you are in Immersion, and the program moves to another school, your kid is moved with his most relevant cohort. Its not like neighborhood divisions where its geographically determined. He'll be moving with all the kids he knew from elementary who went to middle school with him, unless I misunderstand the program?

Sort of? A kid would still be separated from close friends on a sports team or in a club, only then to switch schools for high school a year later with more disruption. Moving schools as an 8th grader is pretty stinky regardless of whether you're in immersion or not. It would be far better if APS got it right and stopped moving students (or threatening to move students) all the friggin time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm hoping APS leaves MS boundaries alone and deals with any minimal overcrowding by preferencing optional transfers to under enrolled MSs. Let students self select.

APS already guarantees transfers for specific neighborhoods: Boulevard Manor from Yorktown to W-L. Halls Hill to from Swanson to Dorothy Hamm. These transfers are guaranteed irrespective of enrollment capacity. APS could always do more of these.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

They discovered that Gunston was overcrowded by 100 students who were not even FROM APS.

We need to double down on residency checking in every freaking grade before entering another boundary Thunderdome(tm).

I agree with this, at minimum for the schools that appear to be overcrowded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought they were waiting because enrollment dipped so the overcrowding they were trying to ease (especially at Gunston) wasn't as much of an issue.

We are an Immersion family with a current 4th grader so are caught in the crosshairs too. My kid might be the one changing schools for 7th or 8th grade. We'll see.

I mean if you are in Immersion, and the program moves to another school, your kid is moved with his most relevant cohort. Its not like neighborhood divisions where its geographically determined. He'll be moving with all the kids he knew from elementary who went to middle school with him, unless I misunderstand the program?

Sort of? A kid would still be separated from close friends on a sports team or in a club, only then to switch schools for high school a year later with more disruption. Moving schools as an 8th grader is pretty stinky regardless of whether you're in immersion or not. It would be far better if APS got it right and stopped moving students (or threatening to move students) all the friggin time.

They'll survive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They discovered that Gunston was overcrowded by 100 students who were not even FROM APS.

We need to double down on residency checking in every freaking grade before entering another boundary Thunderdome(tm).

I agree with this, at minimum for the schools that appear to be overcrowded.

They should just do it for all schools. If one school is at capacity because lots of out of bounds kids attend then kids could be moved there from a crowded school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any inside information or rumors on what is planned? My daughter will be in fifth grade next year and I saw the maps that kept most of her school at hamm, which would be great for her socially. The maps that don’t move immersion aren’t as good (and honestly look a little screwy), so I’m curious if anyone has any insight.

I don’t think anyone knows. APS just revised the boundary policy that now prioritizes alignment and walkability over other concerns. So that should keep neighborhoods happy. But for boundary changes to actually happen, APS could wait till Arlington Tech fully opens to solve the worsening enrollment imbalances among the schools. I’ve previously commented on the pros/cons of other commenters’ ideas here like moving all of Lyon Village to Yorktown to solve an alignment issue or sending Boulevard Manor to Swanson for similar reasons, etc. But these are all just pie in the sky ideas that probably no one except people on here are discussing or considering.

Are there new documents? I thought this was tabled for a long time?
They cancelled the Nottingham "swing space".

They discovered that Gunston was overcrowded by 100 students who were not even FROM APS.

We need to double down on residency checking in every freaking grade before entering another boundary Thunderdome(tm).

My assumption is that students who didn’t live in Arlington were asked to leave or are now paying tuition?

Arlnow I think published something on the new boundary policy.

Boundaries traditionally happen once a generation but APS really messed things up the last couple rounds regarding alignment.

Where is this arlnow boudary process?

[Anonymous]

Williamsburg is too underenrolled for them to do nothing while several other middle schools sit there at full capacity or over.