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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why the *** does Montessori need another school? Both of our dual language programs are way over capacity (and now even more so, thanks school moves.) If there's anything that APS needs option-school wise, it's another elementary immersion program. [/quote]

They shrunk both immersion programs to 96 K students this year. There were 8 Spanish speakers waitlisted at Key and none at Claremont. Claremont had a 91 person waitlist for English speakers and 33 at Key[/quote]

Option schools should be as overcrowded as the most crowded neighborhood school, otherwise people start opting for the options to escape a packed school rather than actually for the program. This is the fatal flaw in HB for example. [/quote]

It sounds like they need more Kindergardens. What a shortsighted decision![/quote]

They’re trying to bring it back to a 50/50 balance. If they can’t get enough Spanish speakers to pair with the English speakers, they shouldn’t have additional K classes. It undermines the fidelity of the program. And there are neighborhood seats in South Arlington. Drew is accepting transfers. [/quote]

How convenient. We can’t make our school overcrowded because it would disrupt the delicate ratio of our program. I’m sure if there are 4 more English speaking kids per class they will manage. They need to absorb the over crowding just like neighborhood schools. [/quote]

Claremont is already overcrowded and has been for years. I’m not an immersion parent, but this is stupid and you don’t have a grasp of your facts. The program should be 50/50, since that’s the model. Letting too many English speakers off the waitlist just dilutes the value of the program and overcrowds the school unnecessarily. You seem just to hate option schools. The option schools aren’t the reason Abingdon is f***ed. A boundary change could happen tomorrow and all the overcrowding in South Arlington would be solved, at least for now. But the SB punted because of angry parents. And with the new school in North Arlington opening this fall, I believe there isn’t a seat deficit overall, and they could solve any lingering capacity problems with another tweak to the changes they already made. But guess what: everyone wants somebody else to be the ones moved. Not the fault of Immersion, or option schools. The choices are: uneven overcrowding or boundary changes. The parents have picked their poison.[/quote]

My stance is option school should always be as crowded as the MOST overcrowded neighborhood schools, especially if there is an Fing waitlist.

If they can’t attract enough students they should have neighborhood-only classes to make use of facilities.

And stop with your precious “model”. All of us have to make compromises.

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Nope. Letting all those white kids off the waitlist to Claremont or Key just means those two schools needlessly take in more kids, while the most crowded neighborhood school(s) won’t be helped, and don’t want to be helped if it means they have to go to an adjacent school. That’s a solution available NOW. If you’re at Abingdon they will even give you transportation to Drew. [/quote]

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