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

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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.

Another bad idea from the amateurs running this show.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

Another bad idea from the amateurs running this show.

I don't think turning Kenmore into a HS is a bad idea. Seems we'd have better luck finding a spot for a new middle school than finding acreage for a new high school.

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Wow, So Randolph will no longer be a neighborhood school? That might be the best news I've heard all day. I'm betting this is Reed's doing. This is his neighborhood I believe. There was literally no possible way to improve the demographics as a neighborhood school. Making it a choice school is the only way to balance those demographics. This is great news.

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

Agree. Hopefully this is not another instance where SB has already made up its mind (1300 seats at Ed Center) and just pretending to listen to community.

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When is this all slated to happen?

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Wow. This is great and creative thinking on the part of the staff. I like this quite a bit. Helps S. Arl. schools like Randolph. Gets rid of the ridiculous hodge podge of choice options. Creates the possibility of a real high school at Kenmore. Love this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

Another bad idea from the amateurs running this show.

I don't think turning Kenmore into a HS is a bad idea. Seems we'd have better luck finding a spot for a new middle school than finding acreage for a new high school.

I agree. This seems to be the one way to work toward a 4th comprehensive HS. There really isn't another big piece of land to accommodate that. Right now there is only funding to build 1300 seats but they know more will be needed in several years so better to actually think ahead for one and set it up to allow for expansion in this spot rather than going through this whole headache again. And if they can acquire the VA Hospital site on Carlin Springs then there is a close place to move the MS.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. This is great and creative thinking on the part of the staff. I like this quite a bit. Helps S. Arl. schools like Randolph. Gets rid of the ridiculous hodge podge of choice options. Creates the possibility of a real high school at Kenmore. Love this.

Ditto. Definitely needs some tweaks, like adding Campbell to the countywide options and maybe consider doing the same with Barcroft because of its year-round approach. But the idea of making "STEAM" just how you do ES makes a lot of sense to me. And this really simplifies the options. I just think the team working on it got so focused on their IB/Immersion/STEAM tracks that they completely overlooked the two other options that need to be worked in there. I, for one, would have loved to send my kids to Campbell because I like the outdoor learning aspect but we live in N. Arl. so it wasn't an option for us.

For the PP who asked about 'when' - in the discussion this was presented as a very early draft of their thinking and would be something to work towards over time. Clearly a lot of feedback is still needed and there are community meetings and online feedback opportunities in the next few weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:When is this all slated to happen?

Yes. When? I am wondering if my kids will be out of elementary or if it could affect them. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:When is this all slated to happen?

Yes. When? I am wondering if my kids will be out of elementary or if it could affect them. Thanks.

Effective for the 2019 school year, I think.

But I can't believe they just forgot about Campbell, a school that does have a very unique focus that can't just be rolled into a neighborhood school, yet somehow ATS, which is not unique at all (except for its capped enrollment), gets preserved. Hmm . . . wonder why that is?

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Is there a deck I can look at? Can't stream the meeting from my desk.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When is this all slated to happen?

Yes. When? I am wondering if my kids will be out of elementary or if it could affect them. Thanks.

Effective for the 2019 school year, I think.

But I can't believe they just forgot about Campbell, a school that does have a very unique focus that can't just be rolled into a neighborhood school, yet somehow ATS, which is not unique at all (except for its capped enrollment), gets preserved. Hmm . . . wonder why that is?

The Reed part can't be that early because it won't be built until 2021 or something, right?

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I think this is a long term vision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When is this all slated to happen?

Yes. When? I am wondering if my kids will be out of elementary or if it could affect them. Thanks.

Effective for the 2019 school year, I think.

But I can't believe they just forgot about Campbell, a school that does have a very unique focus that can't just be rolled into a neighborhood school, yet somehow ATS, which is not unique at all (except for its capped enrollment), gets preserved. Hmm . . . wonder why that is?

The Reed part can't be that early because it won't be built until 2021 or something, right?

Definitely a long-term vision to work towards. Reed is scheduled to be open in 2021 and the 1300 HS seats are not until 2021 or 2022.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When is this all slated to happen?

Yes. When? I am wondering if my kids will be out of elementary or if it could affect them. Thanks.

Effective for the 2019 school year, I think.

But I can't believe they just forgot about Campbell, a school that does have a very unique focus that can't just be rolled into a neighborhood school, yet somehow ATS, which is not unique at all (except for its capped enrollment), gets preserved. Hmm . . . wonder why that is?

The Reed part can't be that early because it won't be built until 2021 or something, right?

Right. So maybe it's in phases. I think phase one would be that 2019 year, to coincide with the new ES in south Arlington, and the new MS, and the shuffling of those boundaries. If they're making Randolph a choice school and eliminating Campbell (which is stupid, BTW), and moving around the MS Montessori and Immersion classes, they have to account for that in the boundary decisions that would be effective in 2019, right?

But Reed won't be built yet, so I guess that part of the puzzle would be in a second phase? Won't that be around the time that the new HS seats come online?