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

[Anonymous]

So is it now between Barcroft or Nottingham becoming a choice school?

[Anonymous]

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.

Thanks for the update, PP!

Why don't they create a single immersion lottery, and expand Spanish immersion for more seats at Carlin Springs (so one immersion location). That's the parcel that has so much green space, fields and well, space.
Two of the same option programs doesn't make much sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is it now between Barcroft or Nottingham becoming a choice school?

Apparently so!

[Anonymous]

Barcroft to fleet, not going to happen. Too far and no available seats. The current Henry families would have a fit. Alcova will go to fleet and that makes sense.

There are not enough seats in south Arlington schools to eliminate two neighborhood schools.

This is really all about more seats for north Arlington schools. No one cares about seats in south Arlington.

[Anonymous]

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.

Thanks for the update, PP!

Why don't they create a single immersion lottery, and expand Spanish immersion for more seats at Carlin Springs (so one immersion location). That's the parcel that has so much green space, fields and well, space.
Two of the same option programs doesn't make much sense.

There's no money to expand Carlin Springs right now.

[Anonymous]

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.

Carlin Springs Elementary School sits on one of the biggest parcels of land we have in Arlington. It's surrounded by fields (including sports fields) and green spaces. You could have a bigger outdoor classroom there. The building is newer, and nice, like Kenmore.

[Anonymous]

PP barcroft poster. Neither neighborhood should be split up like a pie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Barcroft to fleet, not going to happen. Too far and no available seats. The current Henry families would have a fit. Alcova will go to fleet and that makes sense.

There are not enough seats in south Arlington schools to eliminate two neighborhood schools.

This is really all about more seats for north Arlington schools. No one cares about seats in south Arlington.

Untrue. Fleet is coming online because south needs more seats the general debate seems to be whether it’s better for the south to have more neighborhood seats even if it means option schools are further away, or whether the south benefits from having as many option schools as possible.

[Anonymous]

Please. It’s not N vs S. Whichever community gets the option gets divided up. Blame the change in option admissions policies. Blame Key/ASFS. But don’t turn this N/S. Welcome to the party. No one wants to lose their school. Barcroft isn’t any different from Nottingham. That’s why this whole thing is a bad idea. Maybe they should’ve made Fleet & Reed options. But SB already sold out to those neighborhoods. They got theirs. Good luck getting yours. But don’t cry victim and blame the north.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP barcroft poster. Neither neighborhood should be split up like a pie.

It will be happening all over the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please. It’s not N vs S. Whichever community gets the option gets divided up. Blame the change in option admissions policies. Blame Key/ASFS. But don’t turn this N/S. Welcome to the party. No one wants to lose their school. Barcroft isn’t any different from Nottingham. That’s why this whole thing is a bad idea. Maybe they should’ve made Fleet & Reed options. But SB already sold out to those neighborhoods. They got theirs. Good luck getting yours. But don’t cry victim and blame the north.

Exactly. The only way in N Arlington to not blow up entire school communities is to make Reed the option school. I very much wish that were happening and am furious at how this has come together. Day 1 when NW is overcrowded they better put a trailer park at Reed. I don’t care that it is being built for 725. You take Nottingham away, it will be the school that has he room for trailers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please. It’s not N vs S. Whichever community gets the option gets divided up. Blame the change in option admissions policies. Blame Key/ASFS. But don’t turn this N/S. Welcome to the party. No one wants to lose their school. Barcroft isn’t any different from Nottingham. That’s why this whole thing is a bad idea. Maybe they should’ve made Fleet & Reed options. But SB already sold out to those neighborhoods. They got theirs. Good luck getting yours. But don’t cry victim and blame the north.

Exactly. The only way in N Arlington to not blow up entire school communities is to make Reed the option school. I very much wish that were happening and am furious at how this has come together. Day 1 when NW is overcrowded they better put a trailer park at Reed. I don’t care that it is being built for 725. You take Nottingham away, it will be the school that has he room for trailers.

No, McKinkey will be the school for trailers. Too bad they don't get that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please. It’s not N vs S. Whichever community gets the option gets divided up. Blame the change in option admissions policies. Blame Key/ASFS. But don’t turn this N/S. Welcome to the party. No one wants to lose their school. Barcroft isn’t any different from Nottingham. That’s why this whole thing is a bad idea. Maybe they should’ve made Fleet & Reed options. But SB already sold out to those neighborhoods. They got theirs. Good luck getting yours. But don’t cry victim and blame the north.

Exactly. The only way in N Arlington to not blow up entire school communities is to make Reed the option school. I very much wish that were happening and am furious at how this has come together. Day 1 when NW is overcrowded they better put a trailer park at Reed. I don’t care that it is being built for 725. You take Nottingham away, it will be the school that has he room for trailers.

No, McKinkey will be the school for trailers. Too bad they don't get that.

Reed has much more land for them. And people are starting to complain about it being off limits as an option school. Before when everyone thought Tuckahoe would be the option school, Reed was safe. Tuckahoe parents wouldn’t want to upset their own people who know they are going to Reed. Now that it may be Nottingham, the gloves are off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please. It’s not N vs S. Whichever community gets the option gets divided up. Blame the change in option admissions policies. Blame Key/ASFS. But don’t turn this N/S. Welcome to the party. No one wants to lose their school. Barcroft isn’t any different from Nottingham. That’s why this whole thing is a bad idea. Maybe they should’ve made Fleet & Reed options. But SB already sold out to those neighborhoods. They got theirs. Good luck getting yours. But don’t cry victim and blame the north.

Exactly. The only way in N Arlington to not blow up entire school communities is to make Reed the option school. I very much wish that were happening and am furious at how this has come together. Day 1 when NW is overcrowded they better put a trailer park at Reed. I don’t care that it is being built for 725. You take Nottingham away, it will be the school that has he room for trailers.

No, McKinkey will be the school for trailers. Too bad they don't get that.

Reed has much more land for them. And people are starting to complain about it being off limits as an option school. Before when everyone thought Tuckahoe would be the option school, Reed was safe. Tuckahoe parents wouldn’t want to upset their own people who know they are going to Reed. Now that it may be Nottingham, the gloves are off.

Facilities Optimization study already says no trailers for Reed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please. It’s not N vs S. Whichever community gets the option gets divided up. Blame the change in option admissions policies. Blame Key/ASFS. But don’t turn this N/S. Welcome to the party. No one wants to lose their school. Barcroft isn’t any different from Nottingham. That’s why this whole thing is a bad idea. Maybe they should’ve made Fleet & Reed options. But SB already sold out to those neighborhoods. They got theirs. Good luck getting yours. But don’t cry victim and blame the north.

Exactly. The only way in N Arlington to not blow up entire school communities is to make Reed the option school. I very much wish that were happening and am furious at how this has come together. Day 1 when NW is overcrowded they better put a trailer park at Reed. I don’t care that it is being built for 725. You take Nottingham away, it will be the school that has he room for trailers.

No, McKinkey will be the school for trailers. Too bad they don't get that.

Reed has much more land for them. And people are starting to complain about it being off limits as an option school. Before when everyone thought Tuckahoe would be the option school, Reed was safe. Tuckahoe parents wouldn’t want to upset their own people who know they are going to Reed. Now that it may be Nottingham, the gloves are off.

Starting to complain? People have been complaining about it since day one of the process, including Tuckahoe people back in the day (it was one of the criticisms of Tuckahoe at the time, that they were throwing their own community members under the bus to save themselves).