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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would. They are staff. We pay them to make recommendations. We're not in charge of Staff. They are not our hired help. If we don't like their recommendations, we press the elected officials not to adopt their recommendations. If they are good and sound recommendations, hopefully the SB ignores self-interested parents and act for the greater good. I think they are going to be very busy collecting data to show that their recommendations do align with the new strategic plan, which is about to be adopted. I think that's what they decided to wait for, because the strategic plan calls for quite a bit of change.

The engagement processes are not meant to indicate that parents, and the loudest among them, make the final call. [/quote]

+1,000.  I'm no fan of John Chadwick, but the rest of the staff are good and hard-working people who care about the students in our community.  Of course they have their own thoughts on what might work best, and it's their job to play with all the possible scenarios.  It's no secret that Tara Nattress wants more IB at the elementary level.  Two or three years ago they were exploring the idea of setting up mirror programs on an East-West basis for immersion, IB, Montessori to give even more kids access to option schools.  Personally I think we don't have the space for option schools any more, but it doesn't surprise me to see that there's discussion of replacing ATS with IB since ATS really is so random.

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id be a little more confident in natrass's motives has she not chosen discovery as her home school when she moved here. It's all the proof I need that "all schools are good schools" is just a talking point that not even the superintendent of instruction believes or walks.

BTW, Eliminating option schools will make south Arlington less crowded and north arlingto  more crowded. The mc in SA will move to NA or just leave the county altogether. Any newcomers will go to NA.
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What are you talking about "eliminating option schools?" If I understood the Working Group's recommendations correctly, APS will be increasing choices. [/quote]

It's a constant suggestion in these threads, as if they contribute to overcrowding.

Also, as the school population grows, [b]option schools have stayed static.[/b] if APS wants to increase options, they need to open more option schools.[/quote]

Not true, except for HB. All the other schools have been increasing enrollment year-over-year, some more than others. [/quote]

Key and Claremont are up about 100 students per school since 2012. Campbell and ATS up about 20 students. My guess is that option enrollment 
is almost certainly shrinking as a share of all elementary enrollment. Options are not "growing" and probably can't without new facilities.

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