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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just want to know why they only offered 10 6th grade slots for voluntary transfer to Williamsburg this year (24-25) when they had 68 applicants!!!!

Boundary changes are such a cluster that you’d think they could fully expand voluntary transfers before going that route. For Hamm, they had 74 6th grade applicants and only 25 slots. Kenmore even had a waitlist!

Pretty sure transfer applicants have to provide their own transportation too, so there would be no increased bus costs.[/quote]

I thought WMS was the only MS accepting neighborhood transfers this year. When did they open it up for Hamm & Kenmore.

Agree about address verification— it seemed to solve a lot of problems. I don’t know if it’s related, but YHS & WHS now have almost exactly the same number of students. [/quote]

I took the transfer data from the website

https://www.apsva.us/school-transfer-data/

Scroll down to 2024-2025 and Middle School Transfer Data.

For 2025-2026 it looks like they’ve increased the 6th grade slots at Williamsburg to 40, and they don’t have Hamm or Kenmore options.

Seems like a good tool that they can tweak every year to fill space, and there’s obviously demand.[/quote]
I agree.  There seems to be plenty of demand for the voluntary transfers to WMS or Hamm.  Hopefully APS can use that as a no-cost solution to avoid the disruption of a boundary process.  The folks I know who used the option are really happy it was available.[/quote]

I agree that address verification should happen at multiple grade levels.  If not across APS, then at the schools that are over capacity.[/quote]

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