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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought at a recent PTA meeting the principal said something about getting kids off the waitlist at every grade, but I doubt it will be a ton.[/quote]

I did back of notebook math and they could add a class to almost every grade and fill the McK building without trailers. 4 classes is 100 roughly 25 to a class, add to it's current 650 and boom, much greater capacity. The waitlist is long enough in all grades for this to happen. I didn't do all grades b/c they already announced 5 K classes for next year and next year's 3rd grade is already at 5.

If they leave the trailers empty it's probably b/c the building can't hold more kids. The lunch room is small and so is the playground ...and there is only one. For an 800 kid school, (750 w/o trailer) there should be two, spaced far apart.

** all numbers approximated in this post but should be pretty close to right.[/quote]

It seems like they should be adding more than one preK and one K class. It doesn't make sense to have this program underenrolled when we have overcrowded schools.[/quote]

That's exactly what I'm saying. it think they are going to add a 5th first, 5th second, 5th 4th and 5th 5th. However, I haven't seen that stated anywhere nor have I looked at the waitlist. If the 5th grade waitlist is near 0, then they did bring in a 5th 5th b/c last year's 5th waitlist was in the 60s or maybe heigher. [/quote]

I was agreeing with you.  Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

I found the Superintendent's Update from April 15.  https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-Annual-Update-Posted-Apr-19-202138.pdf

Look at the table on the bottom of page 4 and the related discussion.  They are [u]not[/u] planning to add classrooms at any grades other than preK and K.  They might be planning to slowly grow the program over time by adding a 5th K class going forward, but they could fill that building now.  There are waitlists at other grades.  I don't think it's acceptable for next year with distancing being a concern to leave a highly in demand program like ATS underenrolled while neighborhood schools are over capacity.[/quote]

I'm an ATS parent, and I agree. If there's space in the McKinley building, they should definitely add more classes. [/quote]

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