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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly? I think it was because immersion parents sent a large list of questions including pointing out some inaccurate data re: transportation Friday or Thursday and they likely needed time to answer questions and correct the data[/quote]

So are current immersion parents opposed to the potential move? [/quote]

Not most of the ones I've talked to, and they run the gamut of kids currently in middle and ones who will be impacted by this move.  Some aren't super happy about current 6th graders moving schools for 8th grade, but at the same time they realize it's not a reason to stall it.

I suspect the Hamm/Williamsburg parents throwing tantrums about their boundaries being moved have maybe been louder than "eh fine" from the Immersion community.  That would be unfortunate.[/quote]

Why?  If immersion parents don’t really care where their OPTION program is located, then the county should listen to “neighborhood schools” and let them actually attend the schools in their neighborhoods. [/quote]

Because Williamsburg's boundaries should be re-drawn as it's under capacity.  This will effect Hamm.  It's just part of life in Arlington, it's a constant juggle to utilize resources.  The ONLY reason those parents are fighting the Immersion move is because it's being coupled with their boundaries being re-drawn.  It's the classic Arlington fight.  No one wants their schools to change ever.  And yet, it needs to happen.  But the current parents will fight tooth and nail to stop something until their kid isn't going to be effected, and then they don't care one bit.  That's not how we should decide things.[/quote]

APS has explicitly tied moving immersion with the middle school boundary process. It's in the Pre-CIP. Look at page A-111 (pg 153 of the PDF). There is a table trying to justify why moving immersion to Kenmore will cause less disturbance overall than leaving it at Gunston. They conveniently did not include a column showing the impact of moving it to Williamsburg because [b]that's the scenario that actually impacts the fewest students.[/b] [/quote]

Except for the students currently in the immersion program -- moving a Spanish immersion program to a corner of the county with very few native Speakers would almost certainly have a detrimental effect. Williamsburg is not on the table because it is not an option that would work with the school's focus. [/quote]

Exactly what would be the detrimental effect? Moving the middle school program would mean moving families who are already entrenched in the program having invested in sending their kids to immersion programming since kindergarten presumably. Further, the breakdown of Hispanic to non-Hispanic in the immersion program is targeted at 50%/50%. It is not as though the entire immersion program is Hispanic. Have you engaged the Hispanic community on the matter? Or are you just assuming. Further, per Great Schools, Williamsburg' demographics is currently at 12% Hispanic population. Last, there are plenty of ethnic pockets all over NOVA. That's how it goes in dense urban areas. Frankly, I think it would go a long way to shake up and break down the disparities between N and S Arlington to relocate the program to a school like Williamsburg. [/quote]

Different poster than the one you are responding to, but you really don't see a problem with sending a large group of students from one end of the county to another?   :shock: Do you actually want parents involved in their child's education, or just the parents who live close enough to Williamsburg that they can make it to school events without a SAHP?  [/quote]

Because it's an option program, there is already not any sort of absolute expectation that the school will be located in proximity to any attendee's household. Your argument feels like a red herring, PP. 
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