Reply to 8/27 APS Work Session—Elementary Boundaries

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "8/27 APS Work Session—Elementary Boundaries"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think they will move Key.  I think it will move to the ATS site.  The ATS site is a totally acceptable immersion site- it is closer to a Spanish speaking population than the current site. It is used to hosting an option school.  
I think they will move ATS to either Tuckahoe/Nottingham/ or Reed.  Reed is a 1.5 miles from ATS.  Nottingham and Tuckahoe are each 2.5miles.  None of those are far enough to really make a difference.  (Sure- they might make a difference for individual families who have grown accustomed to the location at ATS- or who work in Ballston, or have other kids in a daycare close by- what have you.  But I don't seriously think it is going to change the profile of who applies to ATS.)
Which of those schools gets ATS?  If they go for 'stability' it is Reed- b/c that will have the least impact on any school population.  Move Key to ATS, move ATS to Reed- let ATS grow, the current ASFS goes to Key, with some of that zone closest to ASFS going to ASFS, plus the neighborhood around ASFS and the Ashlawn tail.  Ashlawn picks up part of McKinley to relieve McKinley- we are done and no school really looks all that different.

I know ATS is not in the IPP- but I would be surprised if the school board actually votes to phase it out- there is no real incentive too (other than it is against current educational research.)  Might they replace it with IB?  Possibly- but the process of getting a school certified as an IB early years school is long and expensive.  Maybe they will start ATS down that path- but I kind of doubt it.

I don't think they will move Key immersion to Carlin Springs.  If you look at the map- that would mean the Southwestern portion of the county would have three option schools in a row- Claremont, Campbell, Carlin Springs.  That leaves a huge number of kids- who don't have great transportation, without an obvious neighborhood school.   The only real way I see Carlin Springs becoming immersion is if they move Campbell and make Campbell a neighborhood school.

[/quote]

I like it. This would be an efficient, rational solution.

Let's see what we end up with given that the parents/school board/APS staff are not driven by efficiency or reason!

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics