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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Campbell would lose 60 percent of its student or more if moved that far north. No longer title I. No nature center curriculum. It would be a total waste of a school. I have a kid there and without the wetland and nature center the curriculum would be trashed. Aps might as well eliminate the program if they move it. I would pull my kid because it would have no value as an option school. I know others would too, and not just the majority of low income families. The wealthier families chose the school for a reason.[/quote]

What about moving it to Carlin Springs?   Serious question.  Isn't that still a 'walking' field trip to Long Branch nature center?[/quote]

Other problem that no one seems to be addressing is that the Campbell building is tiny! To reach a capacity similar to what Carlin Springs has you would have to cover the field space with trailers!![/quote]

Given that this would largely be moving the Carlin Springs neighborhood to Campbell- Carlin Springs currently has a population of about 600.  Campbell's 'optimization' suggests it can go to 628.

Incidentally- given the lack of space to expand is what is sinking Campbell is an option site.  The Staff thinks option sites need to be able to go to 750.  [/quote]

This.  Campbell can go to 628 students per APS and Carlin Springs to 928 - per APS!![/quote]

But there aren't 900 kids wanting to go to Campbell, are there? There aren't even 750, and I think they stated they considered growing this program up to around 650, not 750. Or did they change that? [/quote]

No, there aren’t.  Of the 5 option programs the demand is the second lowest. If you eliminated the people fleeing Carlin Springs attendance zone (180?) it would be even less...  
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There are like 52 and 56 kids per grade in the upper grades at Campbell.  Although APS has made it a new requirement that all option schools can grow to 750, the demand is just not there for Campbell (and Montessori).
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A good portion of Campbell is taken by multiple VPI classes.  If there were fewer preschool classes, they could provide more classes per grade level.
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They have already said every option school will have VPI classes. That's part of the policy and is not changing, AFAIK.

It's also a reason why many kids that live in the current Campbell walk zone are already students at Campbell, and always will be students at any school on that site, even if it is an option school. 
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