South Arlington elementary school boundary adjustments 2019

[Anonymous]

Isn't Campbell a Title I school, and isn't it high performing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Campbell a Title I school, and isn't it high performing?

It performs fine.
It’s a choice school and self selecting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Campbell a Title I school, and isn't it high performing?

It performs fine.
It’s a choice school and self selecting.

Do applications at choice schools need to be made for the kindergarten year or is 1st grade also a possibility? Is one preferred?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Campbell a Title I school, and isn't it high performing?

It performs fine.
It’s a choice school and self selecting.

Do applications at choice schools need to be made for the kindergarten year or is 1st grade also a possibility? Is one preferred?

It depends on what you are applying to, and what your situation is. You can apply anytime, however your chances of getting in are much better in general your kindergarten year.
At ATS the waitlist carries over from year to year- so if you apply as a 1st grader for the first time you would be behind all the waitlisted kindergartners.
immersion is the same way- without the same lengthy waitlist.
montessori is a little different b/c of the cycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Campbell a Title I school, and isn't it high performing?

It performs fine.
It’s a choice school and self selecting.

Do applications at choice schools need to be made for the kindergarten year or is 1st grade also a possibility? Is one preferred?

It depends on what you are applying to, and what your situation is. You can apply anytime, however your chances of getting in are much better in general your kindergarten year.
At ATS the waitlist carries over from year to year- so if you apply as a 1st grader for the first time you would be behind all the waitlisted kindergartners.
immersion is the same way- without the same lengthy waitlist.
montessori is a little different b/c of the cycle.

That's for this year. Next year, they will hold a new lottery for open spots at every grade level at the choice schools so that you have a shot if you moved here after the Kindergarten lottery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Campbell a Title I school, and isn't it high performing?

It performs fine.
It’s a choice school and self selecting.

Do applications at choice schools need to be made for the kindergarten year or is 1st grade also a possibility? Is one preferred?

It depends on what you are applying to, and what your situation is. You can apply anytime, however your chances of getting in are much better in general your kindergarten year.
At ATS the waitlist carries over from year to year- so if you apply as a 1st grader for the first time you would be behind all the waitlisted kindergartners.
immersion is the same way- without the same lengthy waitlist.
montessori is a little different b/c of the cycle.

That's for this year. Next year, they will hold a new lottery for open spots at every grade level at the choice schools so that you have a shot if you moved here after the Kindergarten lottery.

What's your basis for that statement? I tracked the changes to the option policies pretty closely, and don't recall any discussion along those lines. Plus the new policy says 'maintain a waitlist'
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/SBP-25-2.2-Options-and-Transfers.pdf

[Anonymous]

Funny, not 5-6 years ago many of my neighbors were iffy on Campbell. Now it’s a hot ticket.
Same with Hoffman Boston. It was considered crappy not 3-4 years ago. Now it’s the new Henry.
This boundary process will be interesting for sure.
I’d be pissed if I lived in one of the long struggling under performing schools, and Drew gets 40% or lower farms rates.
They wanted to be a neighborhood school, that’s fine. I would be irritated if they pouched umc kids away from my neighborhood to boost their demographics.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's mathematically and politically possible for the new drew to end up with less than 60%.

Anonymous wrote:Funny, not 5-6 years ago many of my neighbors were iffy on Campbell. Now it’s a hot ticket.
Same with Hoffman Boston. It was considered crappy not 3-4 years ago. Now it’s the new Henry.
This boundary process will be interesting for sure.
I’d be pissed if I lived in one of the long struggling under performing schools, and Drew gets 40% or lower farms rates.
They wanted to be a neighborhood school, that’s fine. I would be irritated if they pouched umc kids away from my neighborhood to boost their demographics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's mathematically and politically possible for the new drew to end up with less than 60%.

Anonymous wrote:Funny, not 5-6 years ago many of my neighbors were iffy on Campbell. Now it’s a hot ticket.
Same with Hoffman Boston. It was considered crappy not 3-4 years ago. Now it’s the new Henry.
This boundary process will be interesting for sure.
I’d be pissed if I lived in one of the long struggling under performing schools, and Drew gets 40% or lower farms rates.
They wanted to be a neighborhood school, that’s fine. I would be irritated if they pouched umc kids away from my neighborhood to boost their demographics.

We’ll see. Reading this thread there seem to be some “stake holders” that have a head start. I would bet some these areas being looked at for Drew have no clue that’s where they are headed. This whole thing is going to be nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Campbell a Title I school, and isn't it high performing?

It performs fine.
It’s a choice school and self selecting.

Do applications at choice schools need to be made for the kindergarten year or is 1st grade also a possibility? Is one preferred?

It depends on what you are applying to, and what your situation is. You can apply anytime, however your chances of getting in are much better in general your kindergarten year.
At ATS the waitlist carries over from year to year- so if you apply as a 1st grader for the first time you would be behind all the waitlisted kindergartners.
immersion is the same way- without the same lengthy waitlist.
montessori is a little different b/c of the cycle.

Unless you are a native speaker, you can’t do immersion unless you start in kindergarten. You have to test extremely proficient in the language. So I don’t think there is a waiting list after kindergarten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Campbell a Title I school, and isn't it high performing?

It performs fine.
It’s a choice school and self selecting.

Do applications at choice schools need to be made for the kindergarten year or is 1st grade also a possibility? Is one preferred?

It depends on what you are applying to, and what your situation is. You can apply anytime, however your chances of getting in are much better in general your kindergarten year.
At ATS the waitlist carries over from year to year- so if you apply as a 1st grader for the first time you would be behind all the waitlisted kindergartners.
immersion is the same way- without the same lengthy waitlist.
montessori is a little different b/c of the cycle.

Unless you are a native speaker, you can’t do immersion unless you start in kindergarten. You have to test extremely proficient in the language. So I don’t think there is a waiting list after kindergarten.

That's definitely wrong. You can enter as a first grader as well- and after that just have to be as proficient as if you had been in the program

[Anonymous]

PP, do you think aurora highlands is going to drew? I'm kinda doubtful those small neighborhoods south of the pike going to Henry now are enough to transform the current graded program's student body, and there are some but not a lot of MC families in nauck, judging from the very high family poverty rate there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's mathematically and politically possible for the new drew to end up with less than 60%.

Anonymous wrote:Funny, not 5-6 years ago many of my neighbors were iffy on Campbell. Now it’s a hot ticket.
Same with Hoffman Boston. It was considered crappy not 3-4 years ago. Now it’s the new Henry.
This boundary process will be interesting for sure.
I’d be pissed if I lived in one of the long struggling under performing schools, and Drew gets 40% or lower farms rates.
They wanted to be a neighborhood school, that’s fine. I would be irritated if they pouched umc kids away from my neighborhood to boost their demographics.

We’ll see. Reading this thread there seem to be some “stake holders” that have a head start. I would bet some these areas being looked at for Drew have no clue that’s where they are headed. This whole thing is going to be nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, do you think aurora highlands is going to drew? I'm kinda doubtful those small neighborhoods south of the pike going to Henry now are enough to transform the current graded program's student body, and there are some but not a lot of MC families in nauck, judging from the very high family poverty rate there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's mathematically and politically possible for the new drew to end up with less than 60%.

Anonymous wrote:Funny, not 5-6 years ago many of my neighbors were iffy on Campbell. Now it’s a hot ticket.
Same with Hoffman Boston. It was considered crappy not 3-4 years ago. Now it’s the new Henry.
This boundary process will be interesting for sure.
I’d be pissed if I lived in one of the long struggling under performing schools, and Drew gets 40% or lower farms rates.
They wanted to be a neighborhood school, that’s fine. I would be irritated if they pouched umc kids away from my neighborhood to boost their demographics.

We’ll see. Reading this thread there seem to be some “stake holders” that have a head start. I would bet some these areas being looked at for Drew have no clue that’s where they are headed. This whole thing is going to be nuts.

I don’t know, but upthread someone was posting that part of Douglas Park was slated to be redrawn there. I’m sure Randolph could use the boost of all those high end condos and SFH’s. They are part of their neighborhood, not Nauck.
Seems like there are some motivated, engaged, and forward thinking Nauck/Drew parents. This isn’t the time to be cool. They are smart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Campbell a Title I school, and isn't it high performing?

It performs fine.
It’s a choice school and self selecting.

Do applications at choice schools need to be made for the kindergarten year or is 1st grade also a possibility? Is one preferred?

It depends on what you are applying to, and what your situation is. You can apply anytime, however your chances of getting in are much better in general your kindergarten year.
At ATS the waitlist carries over from year to year- so if you apply as a 1st grader for the first time you would be behind all the waitlisted kindergartners.
immersion is the same way- without the same lengthy waitlist.
montessori is a little different b/c of the cycle.

That's for this year. Next year, they will hold a new lottery for open spots at every grade level at the choice schools so that you have a shot if you moved here after the Kindergarten lottery.

What's your basis for that statement? I tracked the changes to the option policies pretty closely, and don't recall any discussion along those lines. Plus the new policy says 'maintain a waitlist'
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/SBP-25-2.2-Options-and-Transfers.pdf

I don't know where it came from, but I think it's part of the PIP, which comes from the Super, not the policy that the SB voted on. It's on the APS website on the options page, and it's what the principals are saying on the Kindergarten school tours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Campbell a Title I school, and isn't it high performing?

It performs fine.
It’s a choice school and self selecting.

Do applications at choice schools need to be made for the kindergarten year or is 1st grade also a possibility? Is one preferred?

It depends on what you are applying to, and what your situation is. You can apply anytime, however your chances of getting in are much better in general your kindergarten year.
At ATS the waitlist carries over from year to year- so if you apply as a 1st grader for the first time you would be behind all the waitlisted kindergartners.
immersion is the same way- without the same lengthy waitlist.
montessori is a little different b/c of the cycle.

That's for this year. Next year, they will hold a new lottery for open spots at every grade level at the choice schools so that you have a shot if you moved here after the Kindergarten lottery.

What's your basis for that statement? I tracked the changes to the option policies pretty closely, and don't recall any discussion along those lines. Plus the new policy says 'maintain a waitlist'
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/SBP-25-2.2-Options-and-Transfers.pdf

I don't know where it came from, but I think it's part of the PIP, which comes from the Super, not the policy that the SB voted on. It's on the APS website on the options page, and it's what the principals are saying on the Kindergarten school tours.

PP is correct- after 2018-19 school year, waitlists at option elementary schools will no longer carry over year to year. This will allow new residents/military families chances to get spots. Also, since the lotteries are are centralized this year, if you apply to multiple choice schools and get into one, your child's name will be removed from the running for others. There are many reasons for this including people sitting on multiple waiting lists or holding off on committing to a school while waiting to see if you get off the waitlist for another. Once you are offered a spot, I you have one week to accept or you loose your spot. This is what principals are telling prospective families on tours and to staff.