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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I think they've pretty much decided to keep it at one for now. My suggestion really has to do with space utilization and better access for more families. If part of the drop-off in participation is from Key families who think Gunston is too far, maybe moving it to a more central location would help, plus it frees up space at Gunston. [/quote]

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