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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are actually enough middle school seats, they are just at Williamsburg. If they were willing to put Immersion in the upper NW quadrant (which frankly, they should seriously consider) they could just put it there and solve the problem. Williamsburg is projected to be at 65% in a few years![/quote]

I agree this makes the most sense. [/quote]

But APS ruled out Williamsburg for Immersion because of lack of centrality and lack of public transportation. Yet ignores these same considerations for Nottingham as a swing space.

APS has no idea what they are doing. [/quote]

So what you're advocating for is Nottingham to be used as a swing space to meet needs.  Sounds a lot like what APS is talking about....[/quote]

How am I doing that? I’m saying that APS decided it was not ok to use Williamsburg for a county wide program because it wasn’t central enough nor was it close enough to mass transit.

But they don’t even consider that Nottingham may not be central enough for a countywide program or have enough mass transit. They completely ignore these issues - issues which they themselves thought were significant hurdles to stop consideration of Williamsburg for immersion. Somehow what was not OK for WMS is ok for Nottingham. [/quote]

They aren't proposing a countywide program for NES.[/quote]

Yes they are - it’ll be swing space for the entire county, one school at a time. [/quote]
No one thinks moving kids out of a home school for a renovation is ideal, but APS has decided that it's necessary to modernize schools.  Would you rather they rent office space?  That would be expensive and likely more disruptive to student learning.  Nottingham is undersubscribed.  APS needs to renovate schools.  Neither of those things have anything to do with Immersion MS and moving Immersion to Nottingham doesn't solve either of those problems.[/quote]

Yes I agree moving Immersion to Nottingham is an incredibly stupid idea and nobody has suggested it other than the OP. Solves zero problems. [/quote]

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