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[quote=Anonymous]It seems that with Nottingham going offline to become a swing space, won't there be an enormous redistricting for the rest of North Arlington elementary schools? The pre-cip report says they'll do a zone 1 (Tuckahoe, Discovery, Jamestown, Taylor and Cardinal) restricting for 2026. I don't see how this doesn't result in huge changes for all of North Arlington elementary schools:

— at least 90 of Discovery’s 455 current students will be sent to Taylor and 50% of Discovery students will be former Nottingham students (APS said both of these in the pre-CIP). Discovery would be at 96 pct capacity if APS models are correct about neighborhood growth.

— at least 100 of Tuckahoe’s 467 current students will be sent to another elementary school, probably Cardinal, to make room for former Nottingham students. (That's almost a quarter of the current school!) This isn't in the pre-CIP but APS said it in responses to parent questions. The pre-cip plan puts Tuckahoe at 115%, though APS has said they will bring that number closer to 97% capacity with a 2026 boundary change. Cardinal seems like the most likely recipient of students.

— APS projects that Cardinal will be at 90% capacity in 2026 before the Nottingham move. With the additional pre-K kids from Nottingham, and the students that Cardinal will have to take from Tuckahoe, Cardinal will be at close to 100% capacity like the rest of North Arlington schools.

— Jamestown theoretically (based on pre-cip) stays at 85% capacity, but there is no way that sticks with all of the other Zone 1 schools reaching close to 100% capacity. That means APS will move additional families to Jamestown as they are able to, TBD from where. Maybe from Discovery?

So in 2026, if you are a North Arlington elementary student, you are probably just as likely to be rezoned as you are to stick with your current school. [/quote]

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