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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No time to read the whole thread but is the gist that moving some areas to the new Stratford middle school could turn both Kenmore and Jefferson into super-high poverty schools? What about Gunston? [/quote]

Gunston is between 38-40% fr/l in each scenario, so it's higher than present (33%). I hadn't realized that it's going up at Gunston, too, in every single scenario. What stood out to me was the capacity, while going down, is still over in most scenarios. In 4/5 scenarios Gunston remains above 110% capacity. Only scenario H (demographics blended w/proximity has Gunston below, at 109%). I plan to suggest via Engage that perhaps they could move the MS Spanish Immersion program to Kenmore, which looks to be between 97%-105% capacity in each scenario, and is more centrally located if they're only going to have one MS immersion program for the county.

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I like having the Spanish Immersion program at Gunston, but would have no problem if it moved to Kenmore for better geographical balance. I don't think splitting the program into two middle schools is a good idea. There's already a drop-off in participation at the higher grade levels, and that would need to be strengthened before APS considers adding another middle school option like Williamsburg. [/quote]

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