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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Campbell parent here. Yes, we are pretty uniformly against moving the school. We would love to get away from Carlin springs road, what a mess. We would love the large field space at Claremont. We would love the building at Carlin Springs. BUT, any move seriously screws the basis for the school's EL curriculum and that is really what the school is about - curriculum. [/quote]

Wasn't Campbell at the Claremont site before it moved to Campbell?  So how does potentially move it back there 'screw the basis for the curriculum'.[/quote]

As I understand it, the school's program started out at Claremont as one of the "exemplary" projects back in the 1980's or 1990's. I think almost all the schools had a "hook" at that point, to try to attract students. Then when they decided to grow the Spanish Immersion program, which had outgrown its space at Oakridge, they moved it to Claremont and moved the former Claremont staff to Campbell, which at that time was in danger of closing due to low enrollment. What was left behind by the staff, students, and families that moved out of Claremont was pretty much neglected. Which is probably what would happen to the grounds at Campbell, because maintaining what's been created takes constant maintenance. Anyway, I think all of this was over 20 years ago. Since being moved to Campbell, the project became a program and developed a curriculum and made the current grounds a part of the curriculum. Could they do it all again? Probably, if the county gives them a large sum of money. They will lose their partnership with the Nature Center, which seems like another resource that would be underutilized by a neighborhood school. Should they move them? I don't know whether the gain is worth the cost.

As for moving Campbell to a bigger building: it only make sense if there's demand enough to fill it. If it sits under capacity in a bigger building, while the neighborhood schools are jam packed with trailers, does that make sense? They will only have the one year's worth of data to evaluate countywide demand. [/quote]

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