What do you expect from APS staff (option/neighborhood) on 4/30?

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Anonymous wrote:What did I miss?

I have not been able to follow APS for just the last 24 hours.

The thread was on page 4 with their 'server breakdown' I believe.

It's a complete mess I assume?

Does anyone have a link to the pertinent information/data/summaries?
Which page on this thread has links?

Thanks!

It's all on the APS webite. Engage With Us -> Current initiatives -> Elementary planning.

The upshot is:

Campbell is staying where it is.

Claremont immersion is moving to Carlin Springs; Claremont will become neighborhood.

Key is become a neighborhood school.

For the rest, there are two options being reviewed:

1) The immersion program currently at Key moves to the ATS site and the ATS program will move to Nottingham; or
2) ATS will stay where it is and the immersion program at Key will move to Barcroft. If this happens, they will likely create a single immersion lottery for all of the county, and then will assign students who accept seats in the program to each school based on what makes for the most efficient busing routes.

NP here. Full disclosure NO skin in this as none of our kids will be going to any of the schools listed above, but curious, what happens to Nottingham if immersion is moved from Key to Barcroft. Won't there be tons of over crowding in the south if barcroft kids get displced? Can they guarantee enough native English speaking kids if both immersion moves to the south?

If immersion moves to Barcroft and ATS stays put, my guess is that either they will push South Arlington boundaries east until Long Branch ends up a predominantly South Arlington school or (and I think this may be more likely given the boundary challenges this would create) they would completely redo the Ashlawn boundaries to create a compact zone that ends south of 50. Maybe do the same with Barrett. This would push people currently at those schools north into McKinley and Reed, and then families displaced from there would go to Tuckahoe and Nottingham. From my rough estimates, I think this could potentially create the most compact boundaries of anything on the table yet.

PP again. I don't think there will be an issue with attracting non-native Spanish speakers to immersion programs at Barcroft and Carlin Springs. If you look at Claremont, almost 75% of its applications this spring were non-Spanish speakers. Further, despite how far south it is, it draws almost 10% of its student population from schools north of Lee Highway. And many parents in the upper part of NW have lamented for years that they'd love to send their kids to an immersion school, but Claremont was simply too far for them to do logistically. If they move it to Carlin Springs and it's then just across 50, I think you'd see a significant boost in applications from North Arlington. And I don't see why moving the other program to Barcroft would create a problem given the number of people in last year's transfer report sending their kids to Key from the western side of the county, I don't see why people at the eastern edge would be less likely that people in every other part of the county to tolerate some travel for immersion.

I highly, highly, highly doubt you will see a boost in applications from nw Arlibgton.

Based on what? The transfer data strongly suggests that interest in an option school correlates with proximity to the school. But even if you're right, it doesn't matter because this year's lottery applications suggest there wouldn't be a problem filling the seats anyway.

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If fairness is the goal, we should see ATS relocate to s Arlington. People here continue to miscomprehend what immersion is all about, I think.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What did I miss?

I have not been able to follow APS for just the last 24 hours.

The thread was on page 4 with their 'server breakdown' I believe.

It's a complete mess I assume?

Does anyone have a link to the pertinent information/data/summaries?
Which page on this thread has links?

Thanks!

It's all on the APS webite. Engage With Us -> Current initiatives -> Elementary planning.

The upshot is:

Campbell is staying where it is.

Claremont immersion is moving to Carlin Springs; Claremont will become neighborhood.

Key is become a neighborhood school.

For the rest, there are two options being reviewed:

1) The immersion program currently at Key moves to the ATS site and the ATS program will move to Nottingham; or
2) ATS will stay where it is and the immersion program at Key will move to Barcroft. If this happens, they will likely create a single immersion lottery for all of the county, and then will assign students who accept seats in the program to each school based on what makes for the most efficient busing routes.

NP here. Full disclosure NO skin in this as none of our kids will be going to any of the schools listed above, but curious, what happens to Nottingham if immersion is moved from Key to Barcroft. Won't there be tons of over crowding in the south if barcroft kids get displced? Can they guarantee enough native English speaking kids if both immersion moves to the south?

If immersion moves to Barcroft and ATS stays put, my guess is that either they will push South Arlington boundaries east until Long Branch ends up a predominantly South Arlington school or (and I think this may be more likely given the boundary challenges this would create) they would completely redo the Ashlawn boundaries to create a compact zone that ends south of 50. Maybe do the same with Barrett. This would push people currently at those schools north into McKinley and Reed, and then families displaced from there would go to Tuckahoe and Nottingham. From my rough estimates, I think this could potentially create the most compact boundaries of anything on the table yet.

PP again. I don't think there will be an issue with attracting non-native Spanish speakers to immersion programs at Barcroft and Carlin Springs. If you look at Claremont, almost 75% of its applications this spring were non-Spanish speakers. Further, despite how far south it is, it draws almost 10% of its student population from schools north of Lee Highway. And many parents in the upper part of NW have lamented for years that they'd love to send their kids to an immersion school, but Claremont was simply too far for them to do logistically. If they move it to Carlin Springs and it's then just across 50, I think you'd see a significant boost in applications from North Arlington. And I don't see why moving the other program to Barcroft would create a problem given the number of people in last year's transfer report sending their kids to Key from the western side of the county, I don't see why people at the eastern edge would be less likely that people in every other part of the county to tolerate some travel for immersion.

I highly, highly, highly doubt you will see a boost in applications from nw Arlibgton.

Based on what? The transfer data strongly suggests that interest in an option school correlates with proximity to the school. But even if you're right, it doesn't matter because this year's lottery applications suggest there wouldn't be a problem filling the seats anyway.

Based on a hunch that saying that one would have chosen immersion (with the political cred that attaches to that statement) is very different from actually doing it.

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont parent here, I really do not want to move to Carlin Springs and would be much happier with a move to Barcroft (but this is for selfish proximity locations). I really don't want to lose the outdoor classroom space at Claremont, but I really know nothing about the Carlin Springs campus.

It's big and it's next to 30 acres of open Kenmore space. Others have gone the distance to come to you at Claremont. Your turn.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm new to APS, but is there a reason that if there is going to be excess capacity at Jamestown, Discovery and Nottingham, they don't just allow kids zoned for Carlin Springs to opt in as an option school? Most of the kids in Carlin Springs already take a bus and most are FRPL. That way the N. Arlington neighborhoods could keep their local schools, economically disadvantaged kids could have a choice of a school with better test scores, and economic disparity amongst all of the schools could be reduced?

I think you are getting confused by the terminology. First we have option programs, which are specially-designated schools that have no neighborhood zone but instead are filled by county-wide lottery. If you get into one of those schools are not within the walk zone, you are entitled to bus transportation to school.

Then there are neighborhood transfers, which is when someone applies to have their child attend a different neighborhood school than the one to which they are assigned, provided adequate space is available at that other school. In general, if you change schools via neighborhood transfer, APS provides no transportation for you, and you have to get your child to and from school yourself.

In your scenario, Jamestown, Discovery and Nottingham would all be neighborhood schools, which means that anyone who transferred from Carlin Springs or any other neighborhood school would have to provide their own transportation. Further, since it looks like Carlin Springs is likely to become an option school site, there will no longer be a neighborhood zone for Carlin Springs. All of the families there would have to be rezoned for other neighborhood schools around them, because APS must guarantee the availability of local neighborhood seats, even if they were to decide to transfer elsewhere.

I'm not confused. I know how options programs currently work. I am thinking of an option outside of the two existing buckets. The transfer system alone isn't enough to fill Jamestown, Nottingham and Discovery. So choose a section of S Arlington that is already being bussed to an elementary school and that is mostly FRPL and give them the option to be bussed north to schools with better test scores. By sticking with a small geographic region, bussing wont cost a fortune. The program wouldn't be mandatory and could be run like any of the other options programs, with the same staff to manage the waiting list and lotto. Until recently there were several option schools with a neighborhood preference. This would just be a preference plus bussing.

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Anonymous wrote:Not to freak everyone out, but be aware that these moves will absolutely result in another round of MS rezoning in 2021.

Source? Or concern trolling?

People will be asking for better ES to MS alignment when these shake out.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to paraphrase/cross-post what I just posted on the ATS to IB thread, because I think it's very relevant to this discuss as well but I realize most of the people here aren't looking at that thread. All of the sniping going on is just noise and details, but there is a really big core decision that needs to be made regarding our priorities as a community. There's no point in sniping about whether Nottingham should be the option site in NW until the bigger decision was made.

Leaving aside the exact details of where, the choice presented in the second draft analysis is essentially this: Is it more important that we maintain/improve neighborhood school proximity and reduce crowding in South Arlington, or that we maintain/improve access to choice programs while also improving the diversity balance across elementary schools?

Moving immersion to ATS and ATS to another school in NW (Nottingham or otherwise) will reduce access to ATS from South Arlington and make it less diverse overall. This will for a few reasons, namely that the new location will make VPI less accessible to ED families, it would increase applications to ATS from that corner of the community, and it would reduce applications from South Arlington. The transfer report on ATS makes it pretty clear that proximity to the program is a big part of who attends. On the plus side, keeping both of these option programs in North Arlington means more neighborhood seats in South Arlington, so more families there can be in close proximity to less crowded neighborhood schools.

On the other hand, keeping ATS where it is and moving immersion to Barcroft means maintaining greater access to ATS for South Arlington, making immersion even more accessible, and potentially breaking up the poverty clusters around Carlin Springs and Barcroft (and possibly cascading to Randolph as well) if APS were to start busing kids across 50 (Ashlawn will have tons of excess capacity after Reed, and busing across 50 means no crazy boundaries there anymore). The resulting shift in boundaries could do a lot to improve socioeconomic diversity generally in the elementary schools. The downside to all of this increased access to option schools and improvements in diversity is that South Arlington would have fewer neighborhood seats (how many fewer would depend on how the moves affected applications to choice programs from North Arlington), and many families may lose proximity to their neighborhood schools. Since ED families generally face the greatest challenges from losing proximity to neighborhood schools and from overcrowding, this is no small consideration.

That's a really big decision to make on policy/priorities, and it's not an easy one. Until we decide where we fall on that, the rest of this debate is just a waste of our time.

It is more important to make effective choice programs more accessible to ED communities and to break-up the concentrations of high poverty in our schools. There may be fewer neighborhood seats in the south with this proposal; but keep in mind that there are a lot of schools in close proximity to each other as well. Barcroft is within 1 mile of 5 elementary schools. And, I suspect a great many "walkers" (of which there are really few) to Carlin Springs will apply to the immersion program. It will all take years to work itself out as current students make their way through 5th grade and the new policies eliminating geographical preference settle in. But it all depends on how the boundaries are redrawn - are all those ED students just shoved into already high-FRL schools like Abingdon, Randolph, Barrett?

ATS will lose its diversity if it is relocated farther north. But if 2 or 3 of the highest-poverty concentrations are broken-up, that more than makes-up for the loss of "eh" economic diversity of 20% or so at ATS. Claremont becoming a neighborhood school and the new boundaries needed for Drew would create tremendous opportunities here, especially if boundary-makers can start thinking up and down instead of just south. No reason some boundaries can't start crossing the great divide of route 50 in this reorganization.

Why not Barrett for the immersion program instead of Barcroft? Still close proximity for collaboration and sharing resources with Carlin Springs - and still close to a lot of native S panish-speaking families.

If ATS doesn’t move south, everything you discuss is a feel good band aid that is going to result in the less diverse parts of n Arlington becoming even less diverse.

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont parent here, I really do not want to move to Carlin Springs and would be much happier with a move to Barcroft (but this is for selfish proximity locations). I really don't want to lose the outdoor classroom space at Claremont, but I really know nothing about the Carlin Springs campus.

It's big and it's next to 30 acres of open Kenmore space. Others have gone the distance to come to you at Claremont. Your turn.

And what are you doing?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to paraphrase/cross-post what I just posted on the ATS to IB thread, because I think it's very relevant to this discuss as well but I realize most of the people here aren't looking at that thread. All of the sniping going on is just noise and details, but there is a really big core decision that needs to be made regarding our priorities as a community. There's no point in sniping about whether Nottingham should be the option site in NW until the bigger decision was made.

Leaving aside the exact details of where, the choice presented in the second draft analysis is essentially this: Is it more important that we maintain/improve neighborhood school proximity and reduce crowding in South Arlington, or that we maintain/improve access to choice programs while also improving the diversity balance across elementary schools?

Moving immersion to ATS and ATS to another school in NW (Nottingham or otherwise) will reduce access to ATS from South Arlington and make it less diverse overall. This will for a few reasons, namely that the new location will make VPI less accessible to ED families, it would increase applications to ATS from that corner of the community, and it would reduce applications from South Arlington. The transfer report on ATS makes it pretty clear that proximity to the program is a big part of who attends. On the plus side, keeping both of these option programs in North Arlington means more neighborhood seats in South Arlington, so more families there can be in close proximity to less crowded neighborhood schools.

On the other hand, keeping ATS where it is and moving immersion to Barcroft means maintaining greater access to ATS for South Arlington, making immersion even more accessible, and potentially breaking up the poverty clusters around Carlin Springs and Barcroft (and possibly cascading to Randolph as well) if APS were to start busing kids across 50 (Ashlawn will have tons of excess capacity after Reed, and busing across 50 means no crazy boundaries there anymore). The resulting shift in boundaries could do a lot to improve socioeconomic diversity generally in the elementary schools. The downside to all of this increased access to option schools and improvements in diversity is that South Arlington would have fewer neighborhood seats (how many fewer would depend on how the moves affected applications to choice programs from North Arlington), and many families may lose proximity to their neighborhood schools. Since ED families generally face the greatest challenges from losing proximity to neighborhood schools and from overcrowding, this is no small consideration.

That's a really big decision to make on policy/priorities, and it's not an easy one. Until we decide where we fall on that, the rest of this debate is just a waste of our time.

It is more important to make effective choice programs more accessible to ED communities and to break-up the concentrations of high poverty in our schools. There may be fewer neighborhood seats in the south with this proposal; but keep in mind that there are a lot of schools in close proximity to each other as well. Barcroft is within 1 mile of 5 elementary schools. And, I suspect a great many "walkers" (of which there are really few) to Carlin Springs will apply to the immersion program. It will all take years to work itself out as current students make their way through 5th grade and the new policies eliminating geographical preference settle in. But it all depends on how the boundaries are redrawn - are all those ED students just shoved into already high-FRL schools like Abingdon, Randolph, Barrett?

ATS will lose its diversity if it is relocated farther north. But if 2 or 3 of the highest-poverty concentrations are broken-up, that more than makes-up for the loss of "eh" economic diversity of 20% or so at ATS. Claremont becoming a neighborhood school and the new boundaries needed for Drew would create tremendous opportunities here, especially if boundary-makers can start thinking up and down instead of just south. No reason some boundaries can't start crossing the great divide of route 50 in this reorganization.

Why not Barrett for the immersion program instead of Barcroft? Still close proximity for collaboration and sharing resources with Carlin Springs - and still close to a lot of native S panish-speaking families.

If ATS doesn’t move south, everything you discuss is a feel good band aid that is going to result in the less diverse parts of n Arlington becoming even less diverse.

Too many walkers to Barrett. Won’t be an option program.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to paraphrase/cross-post what I just posted on the ATS to IB thread, because I think it's very relevant to this discuss as well but I realize most of the people here aren't looking at that thread. All of the sniping going on is just noise and details, but there is a really big core decision that needs to be made regarding our priorities as a community. There's no point in sniping about whether Nottingham should be the option site in NW until the bigger decision was made.

Leaving aside the exact details of where, the choice presented in the second draft analysis is essentially this: Is it more important that we maintain/improve neighborhood school proximity and reduce crowding in South Arlington, or that we maintain/improve access to choice programs while also improving the diversity balance across elementary schools?

Moving immersion to ATS and ATS to another school in NW (Nottingham or otherwise) will reduce access to ATS from South Arlington and make it less diverse overall. This will for a few reasons, namely that the new location will make VPI less accessible to ED families, it would increase applications to ATS from that corner of the community, and it would reduce applications from South Arlington. The transfer report on ATS makes it pretty clear that proximity to the program is a big part of who attends. On the plus side, keeping both of these option programs in North Arlington means more neighborhood seats in South Arlington, so more families there can be in close proximity to less crowded neighborhood schools.

On the other hand, keeping ATS where it is and moving immersion to Barcroft means maintaining greater access to ATS for South Arlington, making immersion even more accessible, and potentially breaking up the poverty clusters around Carlin Springs and Barcroft (and possibly cascading to Randolph as well) if APS were to start busing kids across 50 (Ashlawn will have tons of excess capacity after Reed, and busing across 50 means no crazy boundaries there anymore). The resulting shift in boundaries could do a lot to improve socioeconomic diversity generally in the elementary schools. The downside to all of this increased access to option schools and improvements in diversity is that South Arlington would have fewer neighborhood seats (how many fewer would depend on how the moves affected applications to choice programs from North Arlington), and many families may lose proximity to their neighborhood schools. Since ED families generally face the greatest challenges from losing proximity to neighborhood schools and from overcrowding, this is no small consideration.

That's a really big decision to make on policy/priorities, and it's not an easy one. Until we decide where we fall on that, the rest of this debate is just a waste of our time.

It is more important to make effective choice programs more accessible to ED communities and to break-up the concentrations of high poverty in our schools. There may be fewer neighborhood seats in the south with this proposal; but keep in mind that there are a lot of schools in close proximity to each other as well. Barcroft is within 1 mile of 5 elementary schools. And, I suspect a great many "walkers" (of which there are really few) to Carlin Springs will apply to the immersion program. It will all take years to work itself out as current students make their way through 5th grade and the new policies eliminating geographical preference settle in. But it all depends on how the boundaries are redrawn - are all those ED students just shoved into already high-FRL schools like Abingdon, Randolph, Barrett?

ATS will lose its diversity if it is relocated farther north. But if 2 or 3 of the highest-poverty concentrations are broken-up, that more than makes-up for the loss of "eh" economic diversity of 20% or so at ATS. Claremont becoming a neighborhood school and the new boundaries needed for Drew would create tremendous opportunities here, especially if boundary-makers can start thinking up and down instead of just south. No reason some boundaries can't start crossing the great divide of route 50 in this reorganization.

Why not Barrett for the immersion program instead of Barcroft? Still close proximity for collaboration and sharing resources with Carlin Springs - and still close to a lot of native S panish-speaking families.

I agree with most of what you've written. I think the main reason for Barcroft vs. Barrett is that there are five other schools that are very close proximity to Barcroft that would allow the current students to be zoned to a school that is still in close proximity. I suspect they've looked at how they'd draw boundaries if it did become an option, and this made more sense than Barrett. Also, Barcroft has a very high transfer rate, so not as many kids within the Barcroft walk zone will be losing "their" neighborhood school vs. Barrett.

I think the boundaries will extend N/S of 50--they have to, in order to fill Ashlawn. I think Ashlawn will sweep up Glencarlyn. The remainder of Carlin Springs' current boundary will shift S to Claremont. Alcova probably goes to Fleet, Arlington Forest (south side) goes to Barrett along with the "northern" half of Barcroft, and the southern half of Barcroft probably goes to Randolph or Claremont? Not sure.

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Anonymous wrote:Not to freak everyone out, but be aware that these moves will absolutely result in another round of MS rezoning in 2021.

Source? Or concern trolling?

People will be asking for better ES to MS alignment when these shake out.

And that will be done via elementary boundaries. They can't change the middle school boundaries to align with convenient elementary boundaries without risking destroying alignment with the high school boundaries and then having to redo those too. It's not going to happen that way, they will align as best they can via the elementary boundary process and that will be it until the next time they cause independent cause to review middle and high school boundaries.

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WOW, just WOW. Barcoft parent here. All of you love to talk about keeping communities together, but you are willing to completely divide up the Barcroft neighborhood among different schools? What are we a buffet - north Barcroft goes to Barrett, South Barcroft goes to Randolph. How are we any less of a community than north arlington communities crying that kids from their neighborhoods will get split up. I thought that was why the SB made Reed a neighborhood school, to keep that community together. Don't the kids in Barcroft get the same consideration? Do we not count anymore because so many kids choice out?

Many kids do choice out, but many do not. If all the kids in the neighborhood went to Barcroft we would have a very serious overcrowding problem.

And guess who generally does NOT CHOICE OUT - the families from lower income apartments on the south end of the neighborhood. Those are the kids - the 60-65% of the school who are on free and reduced lunch - who will get bused when they currently walk. And, they will be bused because Randolph is on the other side of Columbia Pike, a street APS says little kids cannot cross. I drive through Barcroft every morning and mountains of kids walk from the south end of the neighborhoods to Barcroft school. The school board seems to think all those kids' families will just chose immersion - well they won't and should not have to.

If Barcroft and Carlin Springs become option schools, the entire western edge of the county could have no neighborhood schools. Nothing between Barrett and Claremont all the way to the Fairfax border. And, this is the highest poverty area of the county, with the biggest density of lower income families. And, the county plans to allow more low income housing. You don't solve socio economic disparities by removing neighborhoods schools.

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Eh- Barcroft goes to Fleet, with Alcova Heights, to cushion the blow.

The current Henry zone near Courthouse Rd goes to Hoffman-Boston. The Henry zone south of the Pike goes to the new Drew, except the Douglas Park triangle that goes to Randolph.

And suddenly the protest from Barcroft is silent.

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Anonymous wrote:WOW, just WOW. Barcoft parent here. All of you love to talk about keeping communities together, but you are willing to completely divide up the Barcroft neighborhood among different schools? What are we a buffet - north Barcroft goes to Barrett, South Barcroft goes to Randolph. How are we any less of a community than north arlington communities crying that kids from their neighborhoods will get split up. I thought that was why the SB made Reed a neighborhood school, to keep that community together. Don't the kids in Barcroft get the same consideration? Do we not count anymore because so many kids choice out?

Many kids do choice out, but many do not. If all the kids in the neighborhood went to Barcroft we would have a very serious overcrowding problem.

And guess who generally does NOT CHOICE OUT - the families from lower income apartments on the south end of the neighborhood. Those are the kids - the 60-65% of the school who are on free and reduced lunch - who will get bused when they currently walk. And, they will be bused because Randolph is on the other side of Columbia Pike, a street APS says little kids cannot cross. I drive through Barcroft every morning and mountains of kids walk from the south end of the neighborhoods to Barcroft school. The school board seems to think all those kids' families will just chose immersion - well they won't and should not have to.

If Barcroft and Carlin Springs become option schools, the entire western edge of the county could have no neighborhood schools. Nothing between Barrett and Claremont all the way to the Fairfax border. And, this is the highest poverty area of the county, with the biggest density of lower income families. And, the county plans to allow more low income housing. You don't solve socio economic disparities by removing neighborhoods schools.

So should I put in a check in the "more neighborhood schools, less access to option programs" column?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WOW, just WOW. Barcoft parent here. All of you love to talk about keeping communities together, but you are willing to completely divide up the Barcroft neighborhood among different schools? What are we a buffet - north Barcroft goes to Barrett, South Barcroft goes to Randolph. How are we any less of a community than north arlington communities crying that kids from their neighborhoods will get split up. I thought that was why the SB made Reed a neighborhood school, to keep that community together. Don't the kids in Barcroft get the same consideration? Do we not count anymore because so many kids choice out?

Many kids do choice out, but many do not. If all the kids in the neighborhood went to Barcroft we would have a very serious overcrowding problem.

And guess who generally does NOT CHOICE OUT - the families from lower income apartments on the south end of the neighborhood. Those are the kids - the 60-65% of the school who are on free and reduced lunch - who will get bused when they currently walk. And, they will be bused because Randolph is on the other side of Columbia Pike, a street APS says little kids cannot cross. I drive through Barcroft every morning and mountains of kids walk from the south end of the neighborhoods to Barcroft school. The school board seems to think all those kids' families will just chose immersion - well they won't and should not have to.

If Barcroft and Carlin Springs become option schools, the entire western edge of the county could have no neighborhood schools. Nothing between Barrett and Claremont all the way to the Fairfax border. And, this is the highest poverty area of the county, with the biggest density of lower income families. And, the county plans to allow more low income housing. You don't solve socio economic disparities by removing neighborhoods schools.

You do when the county has decided to move all of its AH to one geographic quadrant. There is no other way. You do this, or you do nothing. Choose.