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[quote=Anonymous]Just seeing this thread as I started to wonder what happened to moving MS immersion to Kenmore (please!).  Such interesting comments and observations.  I chose a few to highlight below:

On MS boundaries:  "Agreed, but the only way to do it likely involves moving kids who might technically be in walk zones for Swanson or Hamm.

APS staff and board need to withstand the screaming and pressure from parents to do what’s best for the county overall."

I still don't see how it's okay to have some middle schools right at capacity (which I can tell you as a Swanson parent operating right at capacity still feels very crowded and involves trailers and barely any room at lunch and all those impacts) ***while Williamsburg sits half empty.***

We have to be able to have hard conversations as a school system to do the right things sometimes.
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On Gunston:  I went and looked. You have to go back two years but enrollment dropped by about 80 from 2 years ago and now. I don't think the entire reason to redraw the borders evaporated but I guess they felt they could get away with pausing when the numbers dropped and re-evaluate doing a more subtle push northward on boundaries and just leave immersion where it is. (BOO!  See above comment again)
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Are they no longer talking about turning Nottingham into swing space?

No, off the table.  for now...

APS conceded that the swing space plan didn't make sense. **They haven't said that they have enough enrollment to keep Nottingham open.**[/quote]

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