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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m interested in other ways to relieve Gunston that don’t involve busing my kid to Williamsburg. And I understand that things may not work in my favor, but I want to be honest and open about trying other solutions that could work.

If I’m looking at the documents correctly, moving Immersion immediately solves Gunston’s overcrowding, correct? Sticking it at Kenmore (which has space but not enough for all of Immersion) means that some Kenmore kids need to go to other middle schools which creates this cascade effect, correct?

We need to not just say “don’t bus my kid when he can walk” but also “here’s what you can do instead.”

I also think high school alignment is an issue here.

If my child has to be bused, I can live with it as long as our planning units are not the only ones moved and he’s isolated from the majority of Taylor. If they’re going to split us up, they need to move a critical mass.[/quote]

This is what happens to our kids too.  They said that they are trying to avoid having the same group of kids impacted more than necessary; however, they didn't already factor in what has happened prior to MS.  As an elementary student, DC1 was already split from a lot of friends who went to Science Focus.  Then the vast majority of Taylor Hamm friends will then be shipped off to Yorktown with just a few neighborhood kids going to WL. (I think there may be one other neighbor down the street who will  be in the same boat but that's it).  DC2 will be split entirely from Taylor friends and will be with completely different kids in MS while almost entire Taylor community goes to Williamsburg and Yortktown.  MS is already brutal enough but now my kids have to worry about trying to make friends who they have even a chance of attending the same school with each time they move to a new school (e.g., MS or HS)?[/quote]

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