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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is this? Why is the document (and the text on the website, for that matter) so sloppy? I don’t get bent out of shape easily but I agree this this is all just ridiculous. [/quote]

My guess is they declined to condense it into a easy-to-read format because a) they didn't have time, and b) that would make it easier for people to see their conclusions. Here's the upshot:

Key - should become a neighborhood school

Cambell - should remain EL

Carlin Springs - should become an immersion school

Sites being considered for the remaining two programs (non-Carlin Springs immersion and ATS):
Barcroft
ATS
Nottingham
Claremont[/quote]

Re Claremont, I should note that while Claremont is still up for consideration as an option site,[b] the staff specifically noted that if it become a neighborhood school, it could serve the area currently zoned for Carlin Springs. Assuming Carlin Springs becomes immersion, I think there is zero chance they keep Claremont as immersion as well.[/b] It seems like the two scenarios they're working on now are moving the other immersion program to Barcroft and keeping ATS where it is, or moving the other immersion to the ATS site and moving ATS to Nottingham. The analysis says Nottingham is a poor candidate for an immersion school, so they could only move ATS there.[/quote]

Interesting -- could you explain this a bit more? Why couldn't Claremont and Carlin Springs both be immersion, given that the document emphasizes some benefits of putting two immersion schools in close proximity to one another?
(I'm not challenging you -- just trying to understand. I found the document a bit dense...though it doesn't help that I'm reading it on my lunch break on a busy day! =) [/quote]

Because if they put option schools at Carlin Springs, Campbell and Claremont, they will create a boundary mess trying to push all of the current Carlin Springs students into Barcroft. The current enrollment of Carlin Springs is 641 and Barcroft can only has building capacity of 460, so they have no place to put over 200 students if you assume Barcroft would keep its walk zone.[/quote]

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