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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why the *** does Montessori need another school? Both of our dual language programs are way over capacity (and now even more so, thanks school moves.) If there's anything that APS needs option-school wise, it's another elementary immersion program. [/quote]

They shrunk both immersion programs to 96 K students this year. There were 8 Spanish speakers waitlisted at Key and none at Claremont. Claremont had a 91 person waitlist for English speakers and 33 at Key[/quote]

Option schools should be as overcrowded as the most crowded neighborhood school, otherwise people start opting for the options to escape a packed school rather than actually for the program. This is the fatal flaw in HB for example. [/quote]

It sounds like they need more Kindergardens. What a shortsighted decision![/quote]

And parents want their kids to go to HB because it’s an excellent program, not necessarily because their neighborhood school is overcrowded.[/quote]

BS. People know it’s essentially private school on the public dime. Never over crowded. It has the same curriculum, so it has lost lots of its luster from years past. It’s like ATS, the real secret sauce is that it’s opt-in so you get motivated parents.  The independent study aspect of the program also filters likewise. Now it has a new marquee building, it should be as crowded as all the high schools and then we’ll see if people apply at same rate. [/quote]

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