Swanson or Williamsburg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, Dorothy Hamm MS has lots of room and still has many, many fewer students than it was designed for. The principal and faculty have a great reputation. Consider expanding your search beyond just Swanson and Williamsburg.

Stats for this?

DH capacity 1000; 22-23 anticipated enrollment 875
WMS: 749/997
SMS: 919/948

[Anonymous]

^ and stars for all MS: 5751 Enrolled /6333 total capacity

[Anonymous]

DHMS has not recovered from the covid dip in population. It's a shame since it is such a beautiful new school, with a well-liked admin and faculty. APS may need to revisit boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DHMS has not recovered from the covid dip in population. It's a shame since it is such a beautiful new school, with a well-liked admin and faculty. APS may need to revisit boundaries.

Capacity rates:

DH 88%
WMS 79%
SMS 97%
JMS 90%
KMS 92%
GMS 110%

[Anonymous]

Tjms is missing from this list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tjms is missing from this list.

It’s JMS listed above. (Jefferson middle)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DHMS has not recovered from the covid dip in population. It's a shame since it is such a beautiful new school, with a well-liked admin and faculty. APS may need to revisit boundaries.

Capacity rates:

DH 88%
WMS 79%
SMS 97%
JMS 90%
KMS 92%
GMS 110%

My child is in elementary school so I haven’t started paying attention to middle schools yet. Why is Gunston so overcrowded? We are zoned for where ever Ashlawn goes but considering a move to South Arlington to get more space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DHMS has not recovered from the covid dip in population. It's a shame since it is such a beautiful new school, with a well-liked admin and faculty. APS may need to revisit boundaries.

Capacity rates:

DH 88%
WMS 79%
SMS 97%
JMS 90%
KMS 92%
GMS 110%

My child is in elementary school so I haven’t started paying attention to middle schools yet. Why is Gunston so overcrowded? We are zoned for where ever Ashlawn goes but considering a move to South Arlington to get more space.

Ashlawn is split pretty evenly between Kenmore and Swanson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DHMS has not recovered from the covid dip in population. It's a shame since it is such a beautiful new school, with a well-liked admin and faculty. APS may need to revisit boundaries.

Capacity rates:

DH 88%
WMS 79%
SMS 97%
JMS 90%
KMS 92%
GMS 110%

My child is in elementary school so I haven’t started paying attention to middle schools yet. Why is Gunston so overcrowded? We are zoned for where ever Ashlawn goes but considering a move to South Arlington to get more space.

Ashlawn is split pretty evenly between Kenmore and Swanson.

That is true, but the person is asking why Gunston is so overcrowded as opposed to the other middle schools.

One thing that makes no sense is how Nottingham has a portion of kids that goes to Swanson which is approaching overcrowding. Why wouldn’t you just send those kids to Williamsburg with the rest of their peers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DHMS has not recovered from the covid dip in population. It's a shame since it is such a beautiful new school, with a well-liked admin and faculty. APS may need to revisit boundaries.

Capacity rates:

DH 88%
WMS 79%
SMS 97%
JMS 90%
KMS 92%
GMS 110%

My child is in elementary school so I haven’t started paying attention to middle schools yet. Why is Gunston so overcrowded? We are zoned for where ever Ashlawn goes but considering a move to South Arlington to get more space.

Avoid Gunston at all costs. You’re much better off at TJMS or even Kenmore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DHMS has not recovered from the covid dip in population. It's a shame since it is such a beautiful new school, with a well-liked admin and faculty. APS may need to revisit boundaries.

Capacity rates:

DH 88%
WMS 79%
SMS 97%
JMS 90%
KMS 92%
GMS 110%

My child is in elementary school so I haven’t started paying attention to middle schools yet. Why is Gunston so overcrowded? We are zoned for where ever Ashlawn goes but considering a move to South Arlington to get more space.

Ashlawn is split pretty evenly between Kenmore and Swanson.

That is true, but the person is asking why Gunston is so overcrowded as opposed to the other middle schools.

One thing that makes no sense is how Nottingham has a portion of kids that goes to Swanson which is approaching overcrowding. Why wouldn’t you just send those kids to Williamsburg with the rest of their peers?

Does the Swanson walkzone allow those students to stay off a bus?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DHMS has not recovered from the covid dip in population. It's a shame since it is such a beautiful new school, with a well-liked admin and faculty. APS may need to revisit boundaries.

Capacity rates:

DH 88%
WMS 79%
SMS 97%
JMS 90%
KMS 92%
GMS 110%

My child is in elementary school so I haven’t started paying attention to middle schools yet. Why is Gunston so overcrowded? We are zoned for where ever Ashlawn goes but considering a move to South Arlington to get more space.

Ashlawn is split pretty evenly between Kenmore and Swanson.

That is true, but the person is asking why Gunston is so overcrowded as opposed to the other middle schools.

One thing that makes no sense is how Nottingham has a portion of kids that goes to Swanson which is approaching overcrowding. Why wouldn’t you just send those kids to Williamsburg with the rest of their peers?

That’s the portion (south of Langston) that previously went to Tuckahoe, but moved to Nottingham when Discovery opened, but always went to Swanson. Pretty sure parents at the time wanted to stay at Swanson. The ones I know very much want to stay zoned for Swanson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DHMS has not recovered from the covid dip in population. It's a shame since it is such a beautiful new school, with a well-liked admin and faculty. APS may need to revisit boundaries.

Capacity rates:

DH 88%
WMS 79%
SMS 97%
JMS 90%
KMS 92%
GMS 110%

My child is in elementary school so I haven’t started paying attention to middle schools yet. Why is Gunston so overcrowded? We are zoned for where ever Ashlawn goes but considering a move to South Arlington to get more space.

Ashlawn is split pretty evenly between Kenmore and Swanson.

That is true, but the person is asking why Gunston is so overcrowded as opposed to the other middle schools.

One thing that makes no sense is how Nottingham has a portion of kids that goes to Swanson which is approaching overcrowding. Why wouldn’t you just send those kids to Williamsburg with the rest of their peers?

That’s the portion (south of Langston) that previously went to Tuckahoe, but moved to Nottingham when Discovery opened, but always went to Swanson. Pretty sure parents at the time wanted to stay at Swanson. The ones I know very much want to stay zoned for Swanson.

Ah, ok. Might not make sense in the long run.

[Anonymous]

Halls Hill Highview Park if rezoned to Hamm could help with capacity issues short and long term. I think Glebe splits between two or three middle schools currently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DHMS has not recovered from the covid dip in population. It's a shame since it is such a beautiful new school, with a well-liked admin and faculty. APS may need to revisit boundaries.

Capacity rates:

DH 88%
WMS 79%
SMS 97%
JMS 90%
KMS 92%
GMS 110%

My child is in elementary school so I haven’t started paying attention to middle schools yet. Why is Gunston so overcrowded? We are zoned for where ever Ashlawn goes but considering a move to South Arlington to get more space.

Ashlawn is split pretty evenly between Kenmore and Swanson.

That is true, but the person is asking why Gunston is so overcrowded as opposed to the other middle schools.

One thing that makes no sense is how Nottingham has a portion of kids that goes to Swanson which is approaching overcrowding. Why wouldn’t you just send those kids to Williamsburg with the rest of their peers?

That’s the portion (south of Langston) that previously went to Tuckahoe, but moved to Nottingham when Discovery opened, but always went to Swanson. Pretty sure parents at the time wanted to stay at Swanson. The ones I know very much want to stay zoned for Swanson.

Ah, ok. Might not make sense in the long run.

I’m the PP, and I agree that it won’t make sense in the long run — another round or two of boundary changes and those families will have aged out anyway. Also, a lot of them thought they were going to be re-zoned because they’re walkable to Cardinal, but it didn’t work out that way. I am not even a little bit sorry that my kids are out of elementary so I no longer have a personal stake in the APS Elementary Boundary Wars.