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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Process started last year and put on pause until next fall.  Look on APS engage website.

There was a lot of fighting about where the middle school immersion program should go and the Hamm people had a meltdown over having to take a bus so the county stopped the process.

But yes the likelihood is some Swanson and Hamm kids will be sent to Williamsburg.[/quote]

No, it was put on hold because Gunston’s enrollment dropped by almost 100 students this year, meaning the entire reason to redraw the borders evaporated completely. But keep trash talking the Hamm community![/quote]

What enrollment numbers are you looking at for Gunston?  That’s not what is in their official stats.

It’s not trash talking.  Hamm had signs everywhere.  Keep Hamm walkable.  Very vocal.[/quote]

NP. After they forced 5th & 8th graders to verify their addresses, Gunston enrollment dropped to over being over capacity by 2 students. And it is also true that Hamm parents launched the “Keep Hamm Walkable” campaign.

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/09/28/aps-to-pause-middle-school-boundary-process-for-one-year/
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Thanks for sharing I had not seen this.

I still don't see how it's okay to have some middle schools right at capacity (which I can tell you as a Swanson parent operating right at capacity still feels very crowded and involves trailers and barely any room at lunch and all those impacts) while Williamsburg sits half empty.   They still need to make adjustments, which I guess this article acknowledged.

We have to be able to have hard conversations as a school system to do the right things sometimes.  [/quote]

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