APS Elementary Location Working Group 4/12

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, so long as the parent-paid science lab goes with it. If campbell has to move, can it take the parent-paid wetland (and student labor)?

If Nottingham becomes option I’m taking back all of the books I donated to teachers and libraries. I want my brick from the courtyard and I don’t care if someone breaks an ankle on the resulting hole. I want the .5% of each flexible seating chair that was paid for by my PTA donation dollars.

I want to keep my bubble!

C’mon, can we not laugh about anything anymore? I’m not really going to take my brick, I’m going to leave it there to mark my territory. I might even pee on it for good measure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this senseless switch happens, ASF should — nay, must — leave the pricey lab stuff behind for the benefit of the Key students. It’s the morally right thing to do.

Leave the freaking lab there if it makes it better. Who cares?! Rosslyn and Courthouse need those seats at Key. Every argument made by Key supporters to stay at Key is actually an argument for a neighborhood school. It used to be one, but it is not anymore!

Key can’t fit into asfs.

The projections for Key are with neighborhood preference. It no longer applies, so the projections are invalid. Also, immersion could just accept less kids in the lottery and be smaller by 2021 or whenever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this senseless switch happens, ASF should — nay, must — leave the pricey lab stuff behind for the benefit of the Key students. It’s the morally right thing to do.

Leave the freaking lab there if it makes it better. Who cares?! Rosslyn and Courthouse need those seats at Key. Every argument made by Key supporters to stay at Key is actually an argument for a neighborhood school. It used to be one, but it is not anymore!

Key can’t fit into asfs.

Key is a lottery school. You decrease the class sizes. Done. Don’t have that option with neighborhood schools which is why they need the larger sites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this senseless switch happens, ASF should — nay, must — leave the pricey lab stuff behind for the benefit of the Key students. It’s the morally right thing to do.

Leave the freaking lab there if it makes it better. Who cares?! Rosslyn and Courthouse need those seats at Key. Every argument made by Key supporters to stay at Key is actually an argument for a neighborhood school. It used to be one, but it is not anymore!

Key can’t fit into asfs.

The projections for Key are with neighborhood preference. It no longer applies, so the projections are invalid. Also, immersion could just accept less kids in the lottery and be smaller by 2021 or whenever.

I don’t think immersion should artificially reduce its numbers to fit into some small, dumpy building.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, so long as the parent-paid science lab goes with it. If campbell has to move, can it take the parent-paid wetland (and student labor)?

If Nottingham becomes option I’m taking back all of the books I donated to teachers and libraries. I want my brick from the courtyard and I don’t care if someone breaks an ankle on the resulting hole. I want the .5% of each flexible seating chair that was paid for by my PTA donation dollars.

I want to keep my bubble!

C’mon, can we not laugh about anything anymore? I’m not really going to take my brick, I’m going to leave it there to mark my territory. I might even pee on it for good measure.

You white women make me laugh!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, so long as the parent-paid science lab goes with it. If campbell has to move, can it take the parent-paid wetland (and student labor)?

If Nottingham becomes option I’m taking back all of the books I donated to teachers and libraries. I want my brick from the courtyard and I don’t care if someone breaks an ankle on the resulting hole. I want the .5% of each flexible seating chair that was paid for by my PTA donation dollars.

I want to keep my bubble!

C’mon, can we not laugh about anything anymore? I’m not really going to take my brick, I’m going to leave it there to mark my territory. I might even pee on it for good measure.

You white women make me laugh!!

Glad I can provide some comic relief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, so long as the parent-paid science lab goes with it. If campbell has to move, can it take the parent-paid wetland (and student labor)?

If Nottingham becomes option I’m taking back all of the books I donated to teachers and libraries. I want my brick from the courtyard and I don’t care if someone breaks an ankle on the resulting hole. I want the .5% of each flexible seating chair that was paid for by my PTA donation dollars.

I want to keep my bubble!

C’mon, can we not laugh about anything anymore? I’m not really going to take my brick, I’m going to leave it there to mark my territory. I might even pee on it for good measure.

You white women make me laugh!!

Glad I can provide some comic relief.

Joking aside, isn’t it clear now that Nottingham will not become an option school? The bubble shall remain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this senseless switch happens, ASF should — nay, must — leave the pricey lab stuff behind for the benefit of the Key students. It’s the morally right thing to do.

Leave the freaking lab there if it makes it better. Who cares?! Rosslyn and Courthouse need those seats at Key. Every argument made by Key supporters to stay at Key is actually an argument for a neighborhood school. It used to be one, but it is not anymore!

Key can’t fit into asfs.

Key is a lottery school. You decrease the class sizes. Done. Don’t have that option with neighborhood schools which is why they need the larger sites.

So it would be County policy to reduce the immersion program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this senseless switch happens, ASF should — nay, must — leave the pricey lab stuff behind for the benefit of the Key students. It’s the morally right thing to do.

Honestly the only people talking about that lab are the cherrydale folks who want asfs to stay where it is. That and the asfs principal and let’s not forget the investigation station teacher. Let’s see if I send in any paper towel rolls next time she asks for them!
No one I’ve talked to from the key neighborhood (Courthouse/Clarendon/Rosslyn) gives two shots about the lab. We just want the majority of kids who attend asfs currently to keep attending school together. Like every other neighborhood out there we just want to keep our neighborhood school. It’s just unfortunate since cherrydale decided it was theirs.

This. No one at ASFS was eyeing the key school. But they were disturbed by the immersion and transfers policy change which basically dumped 300 kids who used to go to immersion into the ASFS population.

[Anonymous]

I seriously don't understand the hysteria surrounding moving Key and the claim that it would 'kill' the program b/c it needs to be near spanish speakers.
Even accepting that as true- there are numerous sites in APS that have a larger concentration of Spanish speakers than the Key zone.
Barrett is 50.9% hispanic as compared to Key's 50.4%. So that is effectively the same. HOWEVER- Key has 159 students transfer in who are Hispanic. Barrett is sending 37 students to Key. You gotta think that is at least a portion of the 159 transfers into Key who are hispanic. And what site is literally down the street from Barrett, why that's ATS. And those are both North Arlington 'Eastern" sites- I'm not even getting into the numerous sites in South Arlington that have a higher concentration of hispanic students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this senseless switch happens, ASF should — nay, must — leave the pricey lab stuff behind for the benefit of the Key students. It’s the morally right thing to do.

Honestly the only people talking about that lab are the cherrydale folks who want asfs to stay where it is. That and the asfs principal and let’s not forget the investigation station teacher. Let’s see if I send in any paper towel rolls next time she asks for them!
No one I’ve talked to from the key neighborhood (Courthouse/Clarendon/Rosslyn) gives two shots about the lab. We just want the majority of kids who attend asfs currently to keep attending school together. Like every other neighborhood out there we just want to keep our neighborhood school. It’s just unfortunate since cherrydale decided it was theirs.

This. No one at ASFS was eyeing the key school. But they were disturbed by the immersion and transfers policy change which basically dumped 300 kids who used to go to immersion into the ASFS population.

If that’s true, then that is a repulsive reaction.

[Anonymous]

Question purely for information and not to get into a fight - is ATS even theoretically on the chopping block?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this senseless switch happens, ASF should — nay, must — leave the pricey lab stuff behind for the benefit of the Key students. It’s the morally right thing to do.

Honestly the only people talking about that lab are the cherrydale folks who want asfs to stay where it is. That and the asfs principal and let’s not forget the investigation station teacher. Let’s see if I send in any paper towel rolls next time she asks for them!
No one I’ve talked to from the key neighborhood (Courthouse/Clarendon/Rosslyn) gives two shots about the lab. We just want the majority of kids who attend asfs currently to keep attending school together. Like every other neighborhood out there we just want to keep our neighborhood school. It’s just unfortunate since cherrydale decided it was theirs.

This. No one at ASFS was eyeing the key school. But they were disturbed by the immersion and transfers policy change which basically dumped 300 kids who used to go to immersion into the ASFS population.

If that’s true, then that is a repulsive reaction.

What are you talking about? ASFS parents are just putting pressure on APS to make boundaries that fit the neighborhood population? APS was the one who created the capacity problem with the transfers policy. McKinely 2.0.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don't understand the hysteria surrounding moving Key and the claim that it would 'kill' the program b/c it needs to be near spanish speakers.
Even accepting that as true- there are numerous sites in APS that have a larger concentration of Spanish speakers than the Key zone.
Barrett is 50.9% hispanic as compared to Key's 50.4%. So that is effectively the same. HOWEVER- Key has 159 students transfer in who are Hispanic. Barrett is sending 37 students to Key. You gotta think that is at least a portion of the 159 transfers into Key who are hispanic. And what site is literally down the street from Barrett, why that's ATS. And those are both North Arlington 'Eastern" sites- I'm not even getting into the numerous sites in South Arlington that have a higher concentration of hispanic students.

Also without neighborhood preference, would they get priority as Spanish speakers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this senseless switch happens, ASF should — nay, must — leave the pricey lab stuff behind for the benefit of the Key students. It’s the morally right thing to do.

Honestly the only people talking about that lab are the cherrydale folks who want asfs to stay where it is. That and the asfs principal and let’s not forget the investigation station teacher. Let’s see if I send in any paper towel rolls next time she asks for them!
No one I’ve talked to from the key neighborhood (Courthouse/Clarendon/Rosslyn) gives two shots about the lab. We just want the majority of kids who attend asfs currently to keep attending school together. Like every other neighborhood out there we just want to keep our neighborhood school. It’s just unfortunate since cherrydale decided it was theirs.

This. No one at ASFS was eyeing the key school. But they were disturbed by the immersion and transfers policy change which basically dumped 300 kids who used to go to immersion into the ASFS population.

If that’s true, then that is a repulsive reaction.

....huh?