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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Herndon’s population might be down because of concerns over immigration arrests and parents not enrolling kids. It had been higher in recent years. It did also get an expansion when it was renovated so it has more seats. It is unclear to me if some of the capacity gap is caused by specialized classes for ESOL students which are smaller then regular classes, I know this is brought up with some of the schools with specialized Autism or troubled kids programs. The class sizes are smaller so it looks like there is capacity because the raw numbers don’t take into consideration specialized programs. [/quote]Ahh, that clears it up.[/quote]

Just maybe, the net transfer out to other schools of 291 might have something to do with it.  
Stop the pupil placement and that eliminates a lot of empty seats.
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It doesn't eliminate empty seats.  It would just mean Herndon has fewer empty seats and South Lakes has more.  
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Get rid of pupil placements OUT of South Lakes, as well.  Herndon and South Lakes will both be fine and over 2300.
100% capacity should not be the goal.[/quote]

Maybe at Herndon, but not South Lakes. If non-TJ pupil placements were no longer available at South Lakes (and that would be draconian, since you'd be forcing kids into IB), and part of South Lakes goes to Western, the South Lakes enrollment would be closer to 2100-2150 than 2300.

Using available capacity at schools should be a goal; otherwise, we're spending too much on facilities and/or misallocating capital resources. [/quote]

South Lakes has new developments underway, and can be used to absorb some growth from Tysons. In the next boundary review, whatever available capacity remains  at SL could help relieve new growth.

It would not be a misallocation of resources to let SL sit undercapacity for the next five years while a longer term plan for that area is determined.[/quote]

South Lakes is nowhere near Tysons. What’s next - suggesting we don’t need Western because Lewis can handle any growth along Route 28 or near the Silver Line? [/quote]

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