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Alexandria HS on Lockdown- Massive Gang Brawl
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Anonymous
Nowhere to rezone |
Anonymous
| No one has answered how large the school can grow to before triggering a conversation for a new high school. Is the current ACHS designed for 4500 students max? |
Anonymous
As far as the school board and city council are concerned: the limit does not exist. |
Anonymous
They can just reconvert the george mason site into a third campus and shuttle the kids there as well. |
Anonymous
The conversation has already been had and the idea was shot down. Note that there are long-term projections for school enrollment: https://files.constantcontact.com/fb1f7283201/1f8ed41b-9545-42bc-aec3-1e829d3d014b.pdf?rdr=true Enrollment is expected to peak in the next several years (based on these projections, which may be wrong but which are the official ones). So there is no urgency on the part of the city. They’ll just tell you that enrollment will eventually decline. |
Anonymous
It does? I have kids there and haven’t heard that. |
Anonymous
Five years ago at a school board meeting when they were planning this hair brained idea, Parent asked what the limit was? At what point would it be too many kids. One of the school board members who is no longer on the board said 8000. Even building the new school, they knew that they would be over capacity in planned for hundreds of kids to dual enroll at nova. And the reason that was most sided for why we need one school was electives. If we had more than one school, they couldn’t offer the same host of electives currently offered, and that is unfair. Also there was fear of a “good school” and “bad school.” Three high schools came together to integrate and form TC Williams, so racial history and inequity definitely played into the thinking at the time. When pressed at the time, the old superintendent and his staff could not provide any examples of anywhere in the country that had this to campus model, or anyone with a city population or student population that had only one high school. Most cities this size have 4-5 high schools and school populations (Alexandria is under enrolled for students because of the number kids who do already go private) have 3-4 high schools. And almost always one of those is an alternative high school |
Anonymous
Denial. |
Anonymous
I don’t understand this. Alexandria is small - it seems totally doable to have 3 smaller, racially integrated schools by offering different programming at the schools or just careful zoning. |
Anonymous
I’m without a doubt more connected there than you. I call bullschitt on your allegation. |
Anonymous
To answer your question more directly, though. The capacity of ACHS is 4,528. But because Alexandria officials do not like to acknowledge capacity problems, there is an “ideal utilization range” of 90-110% of capacity. Meaning you can be 10% over capacity and it is still considered normal. So ACHS can go up to 4,980 students before it would be considered a “problem.” And even then, many schools run over the 110% range. This was just provided at the most recent school board meeting: https://go.boarddocs.com/va/acps/Board.nsf/files/DC4TFF772606/$file/241219_Utilization%20Slide.pdf |
Anonymous
You sure about that? You going to Kirsten's Christmas party? |
Anonymous
I’m not going to play this game. It won’t end well for you, but I’ll most likely end up outing myself in the process. I’ll see you there, I guess. |
Anonymous
NP here. As in the head of school? You’re posting that people do drugs at the HOS’s house? |
Anonymous
It won't 'end well' for me because I have first hand knowledge of rampant drug use at SSSAS? :lol: :lol: :lol: Sit down. |