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Any updates from the meeting at Kenmore this afternoon? Were there any chance to have questions from the audience?[/quote]

Bump?[/quote]

I was there with the Ashlawn cohort. I think there were maybe 4 Taylor parents? Staff did answer questions but wouldn’t commit to anything. It does appear that Kenmore is a done deal, whether anyone thinks that’s a good plan or not.[/quote]

Did they say why?[/quote]

Because the immersion “visioning” committee concluded that the program should be at Kenmore or Jefferson and Jefferson already has the IB program. Why they are prioritizing the conclusion of a random, un-elected group of stakeholders they did not explain although my friend said she asked the question. Someone from our school asked about moving immersion to Williamsburg and avoiding the domino effect that Kenmore will cause and that got no traction. Staff seems entirely convinced that immersion needs to be given the location their “visioning” committee wants.[/quote]

A language program makes more sense at Jefferson. It dovetails with IB, rather than competes with the STEAM focus at Kenmore. Also, Carlin Springs cannot take that much additional traffic. What a nightmare![/quote]

No thank you, Jefferson is full. Already could not accept transfers this year. And it is a small building that literally is filled as is, with classrooms to the last closet.  There is no space at all at Jefferson for this program, or its students.  And on top of that, Arlington County is doing massive construction in the immediate area, and adding hundreds of affordable housing units close by, and regular apartments are added as well in the 100s.   The Kenmore site is the only one that has enough building space and land, they could build them a whole extra building on site, if they wanted. 
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Kenmore is also subject to the same issues of construction of CAFS in the immediate area. There is no proposal to add new or build new space for Immersion, only to rezone kids, some who can walk to the school, out to make room for Immersion and add more buses to the already disastrous traffic situation on Carlin Springs.

It should go to WMS. But if not, Jefferson would be better choice to rezone to make space for the program for fit of program and transportation.

Again, the issue should be to serve the neighborhood needs FIRST, because that is where the majority attend and also where those who have no other choices attend, and the option programs SECOND. Programs, if being relocated, should be relocated out of the dense corridors with expected continued growth through CAF construction, and moved to areas of the county that do not face such pressures from their immediate neighborhood and where people with greater means are opting for private schools. [/quote]

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