8/27 APS Work Session—Elementary Boundaries

[Anonymous]

Pretty sure Reid just confirmed that APS wasted the last 18 months screwing around with its location review and then the infamous “swap.” Good for him for acknowledging that APS wasn’t completely transparent with the community and caused a lot of unnecessary angst. And kudos for forcing Lisa Stengle to admit that swapping ASFS/Key doesn’t make sense after she was the swap’s biggest cheerleader and it was her office who produced the memos supporting the swap.

The one thing I couldn’t figure out, though, is what exactly is the timeline for picking school locations and then boundaries? Is it locations by this December, and then boundaries in the spring? That would be great if they would keep to such schedule but I am skeptical.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t watch it. Can you tell us more? Are they still talking a immersion move or did you get the impression that was over?

[Anonymous]

Option locations will be decided in December/January, and then in the spring they’ll be reviewing projections. Boundaries will be redrawn next fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t watch it. Can you tell us more? Are they still talking a immersion move or did you get the impression that was over?

DP. The pretty clear implication was that they’re looking to move immersion away from Key (but not to ASFS, swap is off the table).

I loved how Murphy clearly had no effs left to give. People (especially Goldstein) would try to punt responsibility for things to Murphy, and he was all, “Well, when you decided as a board action....”. The clear message was “This is your circus, and I am no longer your monkey.”

[Anonymous]

It seems one of the few consistent things the SB has said is they need Key to be a neighborhood school. With boundaries needing to be re-drawn next fall with Reed opening, they pretty mischievous have to decide where to move Key this fall. Maybe the practical deadline is when they open applications for option schools and transfers.

That process will be like all others. Disorganized. Confusing. But they now have to make the decision. No more punting.

[Anonymous]

this is APS we are talking about - they will absolutely figure a way to punt (all while moving goal posts at the same time)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:this is APS we are talking about - they will absolutely figure a way to punt (all while moving goal posts at the same time)

Sure, they can always punt. But drawing boundaries next fall will be hilarious. They will put gerrymandered congressional districts to shame in how little sense they make.

[Anonymous]

What school is the easy money for where they will move Spanish immersion? Carlin Springs? ATS? Barcroft?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What school is the easy money for where they will move Spanish immersion? Carlin Springs? ATS? Barcroft?

I don’t k ow, but Goldstein was pretty clear he wants an option program in NW Arlington, but centrally located NW Arlington. $5 says he’s privately pushing (again) for it to be Nottingham.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What school is the easy money for where they will move Spanish immersion? Carlin Springs? ATS? Barcroft?

I don’t k ow, but Goldstein was pretty clear he wants an option program in NW Arlington, but centrally located NW Arlington. $5 says he’s privately pushing (again) for it to be Nottingham.

An option program in NW makes little sense unless you want to make it inaccessible to South Arlington residents.

If there are too many seats in NW, the new school — Reed — should be an option school. Then you don’t have to disrupt everyone around it in re-drawing boundaries. It is certainly a better location for an option school than Nottingham.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What school is the easy money for where they will move Spanish immersion? Carlin Springs? ATS? Barcroft?

I don’t k ow, but Goldstein was pretty clear he wants an option program in NW Arlington, but centrally located NW Arlington. $5 says he’s privately pushing (again) for it to be Nottingham.

An option program in NW makes little sense unless you want to make it inaccessible to South Arlington residents.

If there are too many seats in NW, the new school — Reed — should be an option school. Then you don’t have to disrupt everyone around it in re-drawing boundaries. It is certainly a better location for an option school than Nottingham.

Not sure where you’ve been the last few years, but Reed has been promised as a neighborhood school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What school is the easy money for where they will move Spanish immersion? Carlin Springs? ATS? Barcroft?

I don’t k ow, but Goldstein was pretty clear he wants an option program in NW Arlington, but centrally located NW Arlington. $5 says he’s privately pushing (again) for it to be Nottingham.

An option program in NW makes little sense unless you want to make it inaccessible to South Arlington residents.

If there are too many seats in NW, the new school — Reed — should be an option school. Then you don’t have to disrupt everyone around it in re-drawing boundaries. It is certainly a better location for an option school than Nottingham.

I agree, but wash “they promised” reed wouldn’t be an option School. So much better not to move everyone around.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Moving around can happen and isn’t a big deal. Bigger picture means that option schools don’t go where the student density is high. This is the whole reason they are looking at changing Key.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What school is the easy money for where they will move Spanish immersion? Carlin Springs? ATS? Barcroft?

I don’t k ow, but Goldstein was pretty clear he wants an option program in NW Arlington, but centrally located NW Arlington. $5 says he’s privately pushing (again) for it to be Nottingham.

An option program in NW makes little sense unless you want to make it inaccessible to South Arlington residents.

If there are too many seats in NW, the new school — Reed — should be an option school. Then you don’t have to disrupt everyone around it in re-drawing boundaries. It is certainly a better location for an option school than Nottingham.

I agree, but wash “they promised” reed wouldn’t be an option School. So much better not to move everyone around.

+1

APS and the School Board have promised many things over the last two years that never happened. Not sure why Reed-- which is the obvious, least disruptive location for an option school-- should be untouchable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What school is the easy money for where they will move Spanish immersion? Carlin Springs? ATS? Barcroft?

I don’t k ow, but Goldstein was pretty clear he wants an option program in NW Arlington, but centrally located NW Arlington. $5 says he’s privately pushing (again) for it to be Nottingham.

An option program in NW makes little sense unless you want to make it inaccessible to South Arlington residents.

If there are too many seats in NW, the new school — Reed — should be an option school. Then you don’t have to disrupt everyone around it in re-drawing boundaries. It is certainly a better location for an option school than Nottingham.

I agree, but wash “they promised” reed wouldn’t be an option School. So much better not to move everyone around.

+1

APS and the School Board have promised many things over the last two years that never happened. Not sure why Reed-- which is the obvious, least disruptive location for an option school-- should be untouchable.

There was a formal board resolution that Reed would be neighborhood. They can’t just change course on a dime, they’d have to pass another formal board resolution with community participation, etc.