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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meanwhile Gunston will sit overcrowded for 2 more years and Williamsburg will be way under used for 3 more years (counting this year).  Entire cohorts of kids moving through and they're doing nothing.[/quote]
 
I know Gunston is overcrowded but I am somewhat impressed by how small my kid's class sizes are there. He has barely any classes with over 20 kids. It is interesting because someone mentioned in another post how WMS classes are 30plus kids. Also interesting because a friend at WMS says her kid does all work on the ipad and my Gunston kid does none lol (not that this has anything to do with overcrowding just though it was interesting). ANYWAY, i know that overcrowding is an issue and other resources are stressed and the hallways are chaotic. I also think PE is kind of crazy because multiple classes go at once but just found the class size comparison interesting. [/quote]

Yes, this is a crazy phenomenon.  Most under-enrolled school by far = completely overcrowded classrooms, most overcrowded school by far = small class sizes.

But yes, overall the overcrowded school will feel this strain more and more, while for the under-enrolled school this just seems to be mismanagement that could be fixed more easily.[/quote]

Does Gunston get Title I money? That could explain it.[/quote]

Title I is PreK-5th.[/quote]

Why do you think that? It’s absolutely not. Elementary schools do get a disproportionate amount, in general, but it can cover pre K to HS. [/quote]

But Arlington does not claim Title I status for its middle or high schools.[/quote]

That seems crazy to me! how do they allocate no Title I money to upper grades? Even if the whole school isn’t title I, I would think some money follows the students who qualify?  I mean, I get the “ounce of prevention” approach of focusing on elementary, but nothing for MS/HS feels so limiting![/quote]
Doesn’t over 50% of the school need to be on free lunch in order to get title 1 status?  Does that apply to any of the high schools?  Personally, I think that if one of the high schools was title 1 that would likely lead to a lot of people going private.  It’s not like elementary school where as long as you end up being on grade level in math and reading you are good.  I’m not sure I would want to put my child in an environment where over half the students there are focused on just surviving (they don’t have adequate access to food for them and potential siblings) versus an environment where everyone has adequate basic resources so they can focus on studying. [/quote]
So I went ahead and looked this up— 40% of the school has to be f/rl to qualify for title 1.  Only kenmore and Jefferson are able to qualify, and Jefferson is very borderline (it’s at 42%).   None of the high schools are above 40%.[/quote]

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