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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly how many students need to be moved out of Gunston? More than 300? If you take the 300 in immersion and move them to WMS and then move kids into Hamm with boundaries is that not fixing the issue of too few kids at WMS and Hamm and too many at Gunston? You act as if the only ways to move students are the two maps/scenarios they put out to bolster their foregone decision. It’s not. Immersion out of Gunston to WMS, shift TJ/Swanson PUs to Hamm and I think we’re there. I’m not saying this is the best way, but it is a possibility and should be looked at in terms of how many buses it requires and how many neighborhood students would be moved/realigned. That hasn’t happened, and “because it’s bad for
Immersion” doesn’t cut it. [/quote]
If a significant number of immersion students zoned for Gunston, Kenmore and TJ don't agree to move to WMS (highly likely), then you haven't moved 300 students.  You are back in the same pickle with needing to move neighborhood boundaries to move more students north.  You've harmed the program without accomplishing your objective of protecting a few Taylor students from being rezoned.[/quote]

Why would Kenmore and TJ students refuse WMS, its about the same distance and in fact Kenmore to WMS is shorter than Kenmore to Gunston.

I have no idea how many immersion students originate from Gunston, that is not show in transfer report I saw. [/quote]
Perhaps read the thread?  Goodness.  This has been well discussed.[/quote]

The thread says WMS is too far north, yet WMS is CLOSER to Kenmore than the current Gunston commute. So there is no reason  [/quote]

I guess I am not sure why that matters? The program is moving from gunston to kennore or WMS? Gunston is closer to kenmore than it is to WMS. Gunston is also closer to TJ than WMS is to TJ. The bulk of immersion kids come from gunston, TJ and Kenmore. I think I read the vast majority are from gunston (but don't have that data).

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Don’t lie. Kenmore is closer to WMS than Gunston, I just mapped it. TJ is closer to Gunston, but the route to WMS is on the faster north section of George Mason rather than Wash Blvd with way more traffic. [/quote]

I am not lying. I never said kenmore was not closer. I said what the heck does that have to do with anything? Immersion families aren't 100% from Kenmore as I was attempting to point out when you ignored everything I said?

I didn't even mention Kenmore's distance to WMS. [/quote]

And lose most/more of its native Spanish speaking students.

Same poster here. I get it. You are talking about the hispanic families at kenmore and how it's better for them? Sure. What about the families that are zoned gunston and TJ?   The idea behind moving to Kenmore is that it's in the middle for EVERYONE. [/quote]

You're assuming immersion students are evenly distributed across the county.  I'd like to see data on that because that assumption does not match where the families I know live.  [/quote]

I am assuming students that are in immersion are largely zoned or gunston, tj and Kenmore currently. Actually I am not assuming. I am basing it on the 2022-2023 aps transfer data! Gunston received 54 students from Hamm, 152 from TJ, 106 from Kenmore, 30 from Swanson, and 16 from WMS. Granted some of those are Montessori and it doesn't list students zoned for Gunston since they aren't transfers. But it's not hard to see the majority of MS immersion students are zoned for TJ, Kenmore and Gunston.

https://www.apsva.us/statistics/enrollment/

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Those number are interesting, thanks for sharing and should definitely be considered. On the other hand, I wonder how much they are a function of where the program is currently located? I was interested in Immersion but nixed it because the locations were too far away from us. So, it's quite possible that Immersion would pick up more kids near WMS if it's offered there. [/quote][/quote]

But lose many/most of its native Spanish speaking students. [/quote]
If proximity is that important than they really don’t value the program [/quote]

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