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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kenmore is going to be quite over crowded soon based on the new boundaries. I hear it is a nice facility though, and I have some friends with kids who have special needs and the school has been very responsive to the kids' needs. We are zoned for Kenmore and I am on the fence.[/quote]

All MS, except Williamsburg, will be overcrowded with the new boundaries thanks to the school board.

Kenmore facility is extremely nice.  The school does have higher low income population than others, which I think can (unfairly) deter people.  Our neighborhood feeds into Kenmore, and the experience of many families has ranged from the "ok" above to "good."  We also have close friends at Jefferson and Swanson with similar reports  (ok to good), though I hear more facilities complaints from those folks.

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APS Staff are working on a program/option at Williamburg that will help fill it to capacity and provide relief to the other Middle Schools [/quote]

It's ridiculous to be coming up with an option program to fill those seats.  The seats should have been filled with the middle school boundary changes.  THAT would have provided relief to the other middle schools.[/quote]

Yes!  Pulling planning units out of Williamsburg and moving them to Swanson was a huge mistake.  They never correct their mistakes, however.[/quote]

Definitely.  It was ridiculous that they caved to the families who wanted to stay at Swanson, just like the caved in to the Arlington Forest families who didn't want to get moved to Wakefield.  But, does show that not all the angst about school boundaries is about avoiding poor kids.  Some is about avoiding rich kids.  They certainly couldn't make the "property value" complaint for getting moved to Williamsburg.[/quote]

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