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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like overcrowding is a sort of code word.  [/quote]

I'm not so sure. Most of the overcrowding is being driven by non affordable housing but rather by the 1 percenters' progeny. Most recognize this fact. Problem is we have no way to control by-right development, so the only way some can think to slow growth down until infrastructure catches up is by slowing down on the AH density, because that we CAN control. Also, some think the money that's being directed to things like AH, public art, tax abatement for seniors, etc., needs to be diverted, temporarily, to schools. If the superintendent weren't talking about [b]distance learning/shift scheduling[/b] as a solution to this capacity crisis, I doubt parents would be so upset. But this seems to be the current plan, and it's a bitter pill to swallow if you've just spent your life savings so that you could live in this supposedly "good" school system. [/quote]

Are they really still talking about distance learning/shift scheduling?  I recall that coming up in one document a long time ago and online classes getting low marks in a survey.  I've been following the issue and haven't heard it actually being promoted in a long time.  It seems like some 4th high school advocates have latched on to it as a scare tactic.  I agree we need a 4th HS and was glad to see it explicitly advocated in the motion on HS seats.  I don't have the impression that shifts and lots of online classes are seriously under consideration. [/quote]

Yes, they are still talking about this, just using more sophisticated language. Early college? Remember I warned you. [/quote]

'Early college' does not = distance learning, although you could do some classes that way.  My cousin's kids attend an 'early college' high school in another state.  They are in school with a teacher all day but get college credit for a lot of their classes.  I have no idea if there is enough demand to put an early college program at W-L (that seemed to come out of nowhere, what happened to IB expansion?).  These dual enrollment classes are already offered at the career center (with teachers, not online) and are part of the Arlington Tech program.[/quote]

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