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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would make sense to try to align the TJ neighborhoods to WL so that kids can continue IB and for general alignment issues. But if they can't move all 3 neighborhoods (Alcova, AH, Penrose) due to numbers then its gonna be tough for whoever gets left behind. [/quote]

But including Alcova, without Barcroft, doesn’t make sense since it goes Barcroft ES. That’s why Barcroft/Alcova are linked. Otherwise you leave the kids from Barcroft ES going to a different MS than their ES cohorts and then a different HS than their MS cohorts, too. [/quote]

As posted a few times already, that's what the current situation for Alcova is.  Alcova already breaks away from Barcroft after ES.  Barcroft goes to Kenmore and Alcova already goes to TJ.  So, keeping Alcova with Arl Hts and other WL neighborhoods would actually let Alcova students continue to HS with a larger cohort.[/quote]

Right, which is why it would be wrong to do it to Barcroft, who would then be in the situation you’re describing where they move separately from ES to MS to HS. Move Barcroft and Alcova together to W-L. Alcova stays TJ for MS and Barcroft stays Kenmore. Then both neighborhoods get split up the same number of times rather than transferring the pain from only Alcova to only Barcroft. It’s not ideal, but seems a bit more fair than just fixing the issue for Alcova by making it worse for Barcroft. This way they both travel from MS to HS with neighborhood cohorts, plus they might reconnect with ES friends. [/quote]

I see no logic in your argument.  Spread the pain to more rather than minimizing it for those who already endure it? And what you're saying just isn't true.  Barcroft does not split off from its ES cohorts - it follows everyone except Alcova to KMS (Alcova is the only part of Barcroft Elementary that leaves for TJ).

I don't think anyone has suggested moving Barcroft to WL, except you (or whoever) who suggests keeping barcroft and alcova hand-in-hand.  I don't even see why Barcroft would even be in consideration for WL at all in the first place.  [b]It currently aligns with other Kenmore units from elementary and to Wakefield[/b]; it is very convenient to Wakefield; other neighborhoods are closer to WL and already go to TJ.

Moving Alcova's HS does not impact Barcroft in the least.  Moving Arl Hts and Penrose to WL significantly isolates Alcova a second time going to WHS.  FWIW, the only reason Alcova is still at Barcroft ES is because the principal (wisely) advocated to APS leadership for it to stay because she needs more native English speakers for her English language learners.  So, Alcova's just a pawn caught in the middle of it all.  Those kids should matter, too, and be given a break:  either send them to WL with Arl Hts and Penrose, or send units other than Arl Hts and Penrose and Douglas Park to to WL.

I fail to see how moving Alcova to WL makes it more difficult for Barcroft - nothing changes for Barcroft in that scenario.  Barcroft currently follows cohorts all the way through.  [/quote]

Most of Kenmore does not go to Wakefield, they go to W-L[/quote]

And therefore Barcroft follows cohorts all the way through - there are units that go ES to MS to HS with the Barcroft neighborhood (which is a fairly sizeable population of students on its own, BTW). And Barcroft and Alcova are already in the same situation matriculating to HS (except the Barcroft cohort is probably larger than the Alcova cohort); but Barcroft has the advantage by far when matriculating to MS.

I just don't see why Barcroft is even in this conversation.[/quote]

Sounds to me someone from Barcroft is advocating to be redistricted to WL.[/quote]

I jumped in when Alcova lady said split them off to W-L. Why? There’s a much higher % of kids at Kenmore that go W-L than Wakefield. There’s a smaller number of kids from TJ zoned to W-L. My kid lost most of his friends, who were zoned TJ, after the transition to MS. And is now facing losing most of his MS friends who are zoned W-L unless he gets a transfer. So yeah, moving Barcroft to W-L makes a lot of sense to me for a personal reason, and for alignment/stability/diversity.[/quote]

This is also why it makes sense to move the planning units in Boulevard Manor back to WL as well. They were zoned to Yorktown recently. That means that Ashlawn students split off and go to Swanson above Wilson and Kenmore below Wilson. Then, in high school, the kids who went to Kenmore split and Bluemont goes to WL and Boulevard Manor goes to Yorktown. There is a small cohort that goes Swanson -&gt; Yorktown but it just makes the friend options that move through to middle and then to high school very small at Ashlawn. [/quote]

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