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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this the reasoning for the year-round calendar at other schools too?  I ask because we're zoned for Samuel Tucker, which also has year-round school.  [/quote]

Hi there. Tucker community, both staff and families, want to keep year round calendar and intersession. Mt. Vernon has never had the same level of enthusiasm and buy-in for this program as Tucker. Mt. Vernon has a revolving door of intersession coordinators, making it challenging to develop and maintain a strong program. In addition, Mt. Vernon has:
IB
Dual Language
Success for All
and year round calendar
I feel deeply sorry for the staff at that school, because that is way too many programs to be running at the same time. To my knowledge, no other school in ACPS has that much on their plate. If the Mt. Vernon community wants to pair down and focus on one program, I think that makes sense.

It would be great if Tucker's program could be recognized on it's own merits, not lumped in with Mt. Vernon, where for all the reasons I've listed above, it's never been as successful.
Tucker also has high ELL and and even higher FARMS rate than Mt. Vernon, yet we manged to pass our SOLs, be fully accredited, and passed all of the benchmarks for reducing achievement gaps.
I think different schools can use different programs to achieve success. At Tucker they've found a way to use the year round calendar and intersession to help achieve that success. I hope the School Board will allow Tucker to keep it, and not just decided to eliminate across the division just because Mt. Vernon doesn't want it anymore.

To this PP zoned for Tucker...
We are at the middle school (Hammond) now, but we absolutely loved our time and Tucker. I think you will be very happy with the school! Take a tour if you haven't already. [/quote]

Thank you for your input on Tucker!  (I'm the poster who asked about it.)  I've read so many threads on Alexandria schools, but Tucker is rarely mentioned.  It's nice to see that when it is mentioned, there is good feedback.  Thank you.[/quote]

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