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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But also putting AAP at Irving will make it even more crowded. Plus some of those AAP kids that choose to go to LBSS for AAP find a way to stay there for high school years. Now they'll all be at Irving/WSHS.

I was also interested to hear at the region 4 meeting that, when pushed on the numbers predicting capacity for 26-27 with the boundary changes, they never ran the numbers for what the 26-27 numbers would be without any changes. Everything is based on the 24-25 student numbers, even though it should be pretty easy to calculate/predict accurate 26-27 numbers.

I know a lot of people think WSHS will be smaller anyway in the coming years (I think the 2026 class is enormous), so again people were annoyed that the consulting company didn't do this when it seems like it shouldn't be that hard and would be common sense to look at.

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Putting AAP in at all the middle schools would definitely change some things. I think if they added it at Irving, they’d definitely have to take a hard look at the WS-LB boundaries because that would take kids out of LB and add them to Irving and WS. [/quote]

It is only 2 classes of students per grade.

This addition of AAP kids will be negated by the smaller 6th grade, which is smaller than the 8th grade, and the current 5th and 4th grades, which are MUCH smaller than the current 7th grade class and next year's 7th grade class at Irving.

The 5th grade and below classes are so much smaller that both HV and OH had to destaff teachers this year.  That never happens in that pyramid; WSHS pyramid schools usually only add teachers.  The demographic cliff starting with the 5th graders is very real.

At most, bringing the AAP students back to Irving from LB will make things tight for the 2026-2027 school year.

After that, the demographic cliff kicks in and Irving/WSHS will see steady declines in enrollment, even with AAP kids no longer allowed to attend Lake Braddock.[/quote]

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