APS School Capacity Info

[Anonymous]

^^ Another difference- Oakridge adjoins Haley Park, so the lack of green space is not as big of an issue as it is at McKinley where the school is completely locked in by backyards. You can see this if you look at a satellite view of both schools.

[Anonymous]

Hoffman Boston is a GS 8.
Oakridge is a GS 8.

Be HB is inferior. Ok.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I heard Oakridge was chaos yesterday- 8 kindergarten classes. Henry will move to the new school but probably will still be over capacity- the surrounding neighborhoods are filled with toddlers who will in K in 2020 at the new school.

There are 6 kindergarten classes at Oakridge. (And two pre-K.) It may be in chaos frequently, but not for that reason.

Is there any room to physically expand the Oakridge campus? Or is it geographically constrained?

With 800+ kids, I seriously hope it won't be expanded further. They just took out part of a playground to add to the trailers.

Oh boy, I completely understand. We're at Claremont, where capacity is 599 and enrollment is at 750. Hoping the new elementary school relives some pressure across S Arl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hoffman Boston is a GS 8.
Oakridge is a GS 8.

Be HB is inferior. Ok.

It's Drew that they would be reassigned to, not HB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hoffman Boston is a GS 8.
Oakridge is a GS 8.

Be HB is inferior. Ok.

It's Drew that they would be reassigned to, not HB.

I don't know what will happen when ES at TJ completes (scheduled for 2019, prob 2020 realistically). They will move Montessori to former Henry site, so Drew capacity will increase. They could redraw lines for Long Branch, Oakridge, Hoffman-Boston, Drew, former Henry, and Abington. Maybe more too. It's really unclear right now.

[Anonymous]

The HB kids are comfy - that is all that matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The HB kids are comfy - that is all that matters.

Yea all 70 total of them in 6th grade?.

While my kid is one of 400+ in his MS.

It's such BS.

[Anonymous]

There are two different HB's being talked about here: HB Woodlawn, grades 6-12, being moved to Roslyn into a new building, and Hoffman-Boston, an ES Pre-K-5, in south Arlington that has changed dramatically over the last few years (SOL scores way up, but not sure whether that tracks demographic changes or something extraordinary happening at the school, or both). I shortened Hoffman-Boston's name upthread to "HB" just so I wouldn't have to type it out, but I was not referring to the program that is being moved to Rosslyn. Both are smaller schools, but one is smaller by design (HB Woodlawn) and one just happens to have a lower enrollment than surrounding elementary schools (Hoffman-Boston), and may have a lower capacity because it's an older building.

[Anonymous]

And then you have schools like Carlin Springs, Randolph and Barcroft that are not over crowded because half of the families that are not in low income high rises send their kids to choice schools to avoid low performing schools!

If the boundaries were seriously redrawn so that those schools were not so hopelessly lower performing spots would open up at the choice schools. Then parents from seriously overcrowded schools (and are overcrowded because they are high performing) could have slots into the choice schools.

That would relieve some over crowding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And then you have schools like Carlin Springs, Randolph and Barcroft that are not over crowded because half of the families that are not in low income high rises send their kids to choice schools to avoid low performing schools!

If the boundaries were seriously redrawn so that those schools were not so hopelessly lower performing spots would open up at the choice schools. Then parents from seriously overcrowded schools (and are overcrowded because they are high performing) could have slots into the choice schools.

That would relieve some over crowding.

Sure, but my child will not be leaving their choice school to attend their GS 3 neighborhood school, so that the dumplings of North Arlington can have more space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are two different HB's being talked about here: HB Woodlawn, grades 6-12, being moved to Roslyn into a new building, and Hoffman-Boston, an ES Pre-K-5, in south Arlington that has changed dramatically over the last few years (SOL scores way up, but not sure whether that tracks demographic changes or something extraordinary happening at the school, or both). I shortened Hoffman-Boston's name upthread to "HB" just so I wouldn't have to type it out, but I was not referring to the program that is being moved to Rosslyn. Both are smaller schools, but one is smaller by design (HB Woodlawn) and one just happens to have a lower enrollment than surrounding elementary schools (Hoffman-Boston), and may have a lower capacity because it's an older building.

Hahahaha.Thank you for clarifying that important distinction to the ignoramuses on the board who call themselves so well informed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And then you have schools like Carlin Springs, Randolph and Barcroft that are not over crowded because half of the families that are not in low income high rises send their kids to choice schools to avoid low performing schools!

If the boundaries were seriously redrawn so that those schools were not so hopelessly lower performing spots would open up at the choice schools. Then parents from seriously overcrowded schools (and are overcrowded because they are high performing) could have slots into the choice schools.

That would relieve some over crowding.

Sure, but my child will not be leaving their choice school to attend their GS 3 neighborhood school, so that the dumplings of North Arlington can have more space.

Ha.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Capacity_Utilization_FallProjections17-26_Final_Web.pdf

At least one school is already severely off the projections, so don't look at these as having any reflection on actual reality. Despite being provided numbers to the contrary, APS stuck with their 757 projection for McKinley. Final numbers don't come in until 30 September but it looks to be over 800.

I think Colin Brown staid 790 at back to school night earlier this week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Capacity_Utilization_FallProjections17-26_Final_Web.pdf

At least one school is already severely off the projections, so don't look at these as having any reflection on actual reality. Despite being provided numbers to the contrary, APS stuck with their 757 projection for McKinley. Final numbers don't come in until 30 September but it looks to be over 800.

I think Colin Brown staid 790 at back to school night earlier this week.

Ha. That's before all the State dept kids arrive mid year. Ha ha ha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Capacity_Utilization_FallProjections17-26_Final_Web.pdf

At least one school is already severely off the projections, so don't look at these as having any reflection on actual reality. Despite being provided numbers to the contrary, APS stuck with their 757 projection for McKinley. Final numbers don't come in until 30 September but it looks to be over 800.

I think Colin Brown staid 790 at back to school night earlier this week.

Ah, so people are already backing off the "over 800" claim that was floating around here the week before school started?