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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In ArlNow, someone wrote that only Key, Claremont and MPSA are the only schools over capacity this year. I bet we're going to have another round of option schools moves at some point. (Claremont's probably next). [/quote]

I don't think ArlNow's statement is true. Is Oakridge over capacity?  And is it capacity with or without the trailers that they're talking about?
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I just checked. The ArlNow commenter is right. No schools are under capacity right now except for Key, Claremont and MPSA. Some are bordering on full though, and will go up again as the pandemic eases.

I think it shows that how popular these optionsprograms are. It's not so easy to just reduce enrollment to the elementary immersion programs. You need students to matriculate to the middle and high school programs, and not enough students shuts down that pathway too. You also lose staff if there are not enough children in each grade, and Spanish Language Arts teachers will always be in short supply. You just can't find them off the streets.[/quote]

I think the disparity also reflects the greater need for immersion students to be in-person and the infeasibility of them being able to continue in immersion via VLP.  Montessori in-person would be similar in that Montessori advocates would feel that instructional model cannot be duplicated through the VLP either.  Yes, there are waitlists; but most of the waitlist for immersion is from native English speakers.[/quote]

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