school board work session on enrollment and transfers in options schools(and also a new high school)

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Anonymous wrote:What happens to ASFS? Theoretically it's not a neighborhood school but rather an options school for students who are in boundary for 3 schools and after that for the entire county?

So Key/ASFS is a zone with two option schools and NO neighborhood school. ASFS is the defacto neighborhood school because it is the most mainstream program. What are they thinking in terms of this zone?

Under this vision the whole 'team' thing in that part of the county goes away. There really is no reason that this little area of the county should have some exclusive school options. Key becomes just a immersion option program for one half of the county while Claremont is the immersion option for the other half of the county (and the "halfs" area East/West, not North/South). They suggested that all neighborhood schools would have as a default a "STEAM" instructional model since the usual description of the STEAM model is all things they would want all ES kids to get -- problem solving, creativity, innovation, emphasis on science, math and arts, along with literacy of course. So ASFS becomes a neighborhood school with nothing particularly unique about its instructional focus.

Each half of the county would have an immersion option and an IB option plus the countywide options for Montessori and ATS. However, they have completely overlooked the fact that Campbell is also a unique program.

yes- on that slide Campbell as an option school is definitely going away. ASFS as an option school is also gone. They have also substantially reshuffled which elementary schools go to which zones for immersion, etc. Barrett Discovery and Jamestown would go to Claremont. Drew, Hoffman-Boston and Oakridge flip to Key. When I look at that slide again it doesn't list Randolph as a neighborhood school- which makes me think that the thought is Randolph and Reed would be solely IB options schools- not neighborhood at all.

[Anonymous]

if you want to see the slide referenced above- go to 45:29 in the work session- https://www.apsva.us/school-board-meetings/school-board-work-sessions-meetings/watch-live-work-sessions/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happens to ASFS? Theoretically it's not a neighborhood school but rather an options school for students who are in boundary for 3 schools and after that for the entire county?

So Key/ASFS is a zone with two option schools and NO neighborhood school. ASFS is the defacto neighborhood school because it is the most mainstream program. What are they thinking in terms of this zone?

Under this vision the whole 'team' thing in that part of the county goes away. There really is no reason that this little area of the county should have some exclusive school options. Key becomes just a immersion option program for one half of the county while Claremont is the immersion option for the other half of the county (and the "halfs" area East/West, not North/South). They suggested that all neighborhood schools would have as a default a "STEAM" instructional model since the usual description of the STEAM model is all things they would want all ES kids to get -- problem solving, creativity, innovation, emphasis on science, math and arts, along with literacy of course. So ASFS becomes a neighborhood school with nothing particularly unique about its instructional focus.

Each half of the county would have an immersion option and an IB option plus the countywide options for Montessori and ATS. However, they have completely overlooked the fact that Campbell is also a unique program.

yes- on that slide Campbell as an option school is definitely going away. ASFS as an option school is also gone. They have also substantially reshuffled which elementary schools go to which zones for immersion, etc. Barrett Discovery and Jamestown would go to Claremont. Drew, Hoffman-Boston and Oakridge flip to Key. When I look at that slide again it doesn't list Randolph as a neighborhood school- which makes me think that the thought is Randolph and Reed would be solely IB options schools- not neighborhood at all.

Yes, they said Randolph would be one IB option and Reed would be the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happens to ASFS? Theoretically it's not a neighborhood school but rather an options school for students who are in boundary for 3 schools and after that for the entire county?

So Key/ASFS is a zone with two option schools and NO neighborhood school. ASFS is the defacto neighborhood school because it is the most mainstream program. What are they thinking in terms of this zone?

Under this vision the whole 'team' thing in that part of the county goes away. There really is no reason that this little area of the county should have some exclusive school options. Key becomes just a immersion option program for one half of the county while Claremont is the immersion option for the other half of the county (and the "halfs" area East/West, not North/South). They suggested that all neighborhood schools would have as a default a "STEAM" instructional model since the usual description of the STEAM model is all things they would want all ES kids to get -- problem solving, creativity, innovation, emphasis on science, math and arts, along with literacy of course. So ASFS becomes a neighborhood school with nothing particularly unique about its instructional focus.

Each half of the county would have an immersion option and an IB option plus the countywide options for Montessori and ATS. However, they have completely overlooked the fact that Campbell is also a unique program.

yes- on that slide Campbell as an option school is definitely going away. ASFS as an option school is also gone. They have also substantially reshuffled which elementary schools go to which zones for immersion, etc. Barrett Discovery and Jamestown would go to Claremont. Drew, Hoffman-Boston and Oakridge flip to Key. When I look at that slide again it doesn't list Randolph as a neighborhood school- which makes me think that the thought is Randolph and Reed would be solely IB options schools- not neighborhood at all.

I wonder if they would rename ASFS? The name becomes misleading, if it no longer has a unique science focus (although there are other schools now that have a science focus while its not it their names).

[Anonymous]

IB elementary schools? This nonsense must end. Make them all neighborhood schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IB elementary schools? This nonsense must end. Make them all neighborhood schools.

the new proposal would essentially have 4 tracks you could pick from as a parent- that would go k-12. 1)neighborhood STEAM 2)Montessori 3)Immersion 4)IB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happens to ASFS? Theoretically it's not a neighborhood school but rather an options school for students who are in boundary for 3 schools and after that for the entire county?

So Key/ASFS is a zone with two option schools and NO neighborhood school. ASFS is the defacto neighborhood school because it is the most mainstream program. What are they thinking in terms of this zone?

Under this vision the whole 'team' thing in that part of the county goes away. There really is no reason that this little area of the county should have some exclusive school options. Key becomes just a immersion option program for one half of the county while Claremont is the immersion option for the other half of the county (and the "halfs" area East/West, not North/South). They suggested that all neighborhood schools would have as a default a "STEAM" instructional model since the usual description of the STEAM model is all things they would want all ES kids to get -- problem solving, creativity, innovation, emphasis on science, math and arts, along with literacy of course. So ASFS becomes a neighborhood school with nothing particularly unique about its instructional focus.

Each half of the county would have an immersion option and an IB option plus the countywide options for Montessori and ATS. However, they have completely overlooked the fact that Campbell is also a unique program.

If ASFS becomes a neighborhood school its boundaries should be redrawn since it actually is located in the middle of Taylor boundaries and kids who live within walking distance of it are bused to Taylor while kids who live in Key boundaries are bused to ASFS.

[Anonymous]

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If ASFS becomes a neighborhood school its boundaries should be redrawn since it actually is located in the middle of Taylor boundaries and kids who live within walking distance of it are bused to Taylor while kids who live in Key boundaries are bused to ASFS.

Love this. Those boundaries are so messed up.

[Anonymous]

Beyond this ES discussion, I was glad to see in the HS options under consideration that included a comprehensive school at the Kenmore site.

[Anonymous]

So I get why ASFS is becoming a neighborhood school, because that zone doesn't have a regular neighborhood school, because the students are almost entirely from the neighborhood, and it could still keep its science-focus program under the STEAM umbrella.

But the neighborhood that Campbell is located within HAS a neighborhood school. And Campbell is a unique program that would not just pack up nicely into the STEAM banner. It'll completely gut that program. Not sure why they don't test it first to see if it has legs by opening it up countywide. Why are they growing Montessori when there hasn't been a demonstrated demand to fill an entire elementary school, but killing expeditionary learning that has DEMONSTRATED K-5 demand? Seems like they're picking favorites. I guess we know which PACs have been getting in their brownie points.

[Anonymous]

So if we were supposed to go to Randolph, where do we go now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if we were supposed to go to Randolph, where do we go now?

Good question. I'd also like to know where the students from Barcroft who want a traditional calendar are supposed to go. It used to be Barrett, then it was switched to Randolph, now who the heck knows. Barcroft gets the shaft yet again. I bet they forgot about the ONE school with an alternative calendar. Wouldn't be the first time.

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Anonymous

Beyond this ES discussion, I was glad to see in the HS options under consideration that included a comprehensive school at the Kenmore site.

Wasn't a new school at this site rejected once before? What exactly is the proposal--to build an additional school, or to turn Kenmore into a high school? Or by "comprehensive," do you mean to turn Kenmore into a 6-12 school?

[Anonymous]

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Beyond this ES discussion, I was glad to see in the HS options under consideration that included a comprehensive school at the Kenmore site.

Wasn't a new school at this site rejected once before? What exactly is the proposal--to build an additional school, or to turn Kenmore into a high school? Or by "comprehensive," do you mean to turn Kenmore into a 6-12 school?

The suggestion is that they add the 1300 seats on the Kenmore site as a smaller comprehensive school for now. In one FAC meeting I attended it was suggested that they could then potentially in the future move the middle School and expand the HS on that site.

[Anonymous]

I feel like people are kind of jumping the gun since this is so early and they are just developing the ideas. Write to the school board---ASK the questions about Randolph, Barcroft Campbell etc.