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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To make full use of the career center site, we need to find a place for Montessori so that we can also tear down Patrick Henry at the same time. I can’t help but notice that Barcroft has a similarly sized building that could easily hold Montessori. Montessori is in mid-400s on enrollment.

Barcroft capacity is 460 and Henry is 463.

Time to make this decision is now so that the career center site can be fully developed- perhaps including building a new elementary on that site. But unless Montessori location is moved we can’t make full use of career center land.

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People seem to only focus on one factor at a time.  First of all, Montessori is lobbying to expand.  Whether the existing program gets larger or not, I fully support joining the 6-8 grade levels of Montessori currently taking up much needed space at Gunston with the preK-5 kids.  That alone requires a larger facility. A number of, if not all, the Montessori preK classes should also join them and free-up more space in the other schools for VPI classes and neighborhood K-5 students.  Barcroft isn't able to accommodate those needs.

Secondly, the factor of good locations for neighborhood programs based on high-density of students who can, and are actually highly likely, to walk to the school.  Barcroft is a highly walkable school by #s of students.

In all the reshuffling to fill the 400+ seats at Drew, [b]why doesn't Hoffman-Boston come into play? [/b] Traffic accessibility stinks; but it has a ton of space and could easily accommodate Montessori and expansion.  There are several Montessori preK classes there now.  The Hoffman Boston student body is not that large and can be absorbed into the boundaries of nearby schools.[/quote]

I think until all the older residents leave or die, that will remain a neighborhood school because of its history. [/quote]

It still is a great idea![/quote]

I think so, too!  The walk zone is nearly nonexistent.  And it’s in between Drew (old location) and Henry (presumed new location).
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