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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]re Campbell and expeditionary learning:

[b]The concept of expeditionary learning is not tied to the nature center and wetlands.  Campbell uses these resources well in their program, but if the school has to move, they can develop new expeditions and projects.  [/b]

On Montessori numbers:

The application numbers for this year assume Montessori will still be at Drew for 2018-2019 school year, correct?  I'm not sure those can be used as a proxy for when the school is at a more accessible location, as it will be at Henry.    Also, I thought the assumption was that most of the Montessori program came out of the pre-school program- do they have to apply for K?  Or do they just move up?[/quote]

Again, as applied at Campbell, the Nature Center and Wetlands have been made integral to the instructional model. You think the teachers should have to recreate nearly every expedition and re-do the entire EL curriculum so that a few more students can [b]maybe[/b] walk (or really be driven) to school? Where do you think the kids can easily do their EL learning at another site not ajoinjng a Nature Center? And the grounds, which the kids themselves have built and cared for, should be abandoned to students who likely won't be able to utilize or care for them? For what? I need a better reason than, "because they could." Many kids in the walk zone are already Campbell students. So what would this change gain the system? That is what has not been answered. [/quote]

Campbell meets none of the four considerations for option site suitability.  Step one was to ID suitable option sites, and the sites most suitable are ASFS, ATS, Carlin Springs, Claremont, and Nottingham (in addition to Henry).  Others met maybe half the criteria or just one, but Campbell met none. Maybe in a later step the board will take on special considerations, or decide that moving Campbell isn’t worth it. What I can tell you is lots of people are attached to their neighborhood schools and don’t want them switched to option.  Lots of people are attached to their kds’ option schools and don’t want them moved.  But changes are coming regardless of how “beloved” (to use a Nottingham parent’s argument) the schools are.[/quote]

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