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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People.  They're just not doing the boundary adjustment next near  They're not saying they'll never need to do it.  They're making the decision based on the information they have right now.  Which why disrupt kids and families when the schools aren't full????

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Are you saying none of the schools are over capacity?  That’s not true.[/quote]

It is true. [/quote]

I think some of the option schools are still over the permanent building capacity. That's their own fault, though. They could just go to their neighborhood school instead if it was a dealbreaker. [/quote]

Key and Claremont are being shrunk (going from 6 K classes to 4 starting this year). Key was also moved to a smaller building this year. [/quote]

It seems like there is a demand for immersion at the elementary level (at least for native English speakers). Do they not have enough native Spanish speakers for the program?  Are they shrinking it bc of attrition in MS / HS?[/quote]Key is shrinking their K classes because they moved to a smaller building.  It was planned with the move so they fit in the mew space.[/quote]

Gotcha,  thank you!  I’m not sure how I feel about option schools but it’s kind of a shame to shrink an immersion program - and Spanish in particular- if it’s working/wanted.  [/quote]

New poster and I agree.  My kids are at Claremont, and we were told the kindergarten classes were shrunk from 6 to 4 due to over crowding.  I'm skeptical because its not like immersion programs suddenly become overcrowded.  Few kids transfer in because you ahve to be proficient in Spanish to join as years progress.  The school had been overcrowded for a long while.  What made this current year the year to suddenly drop two whole kindergarten classes?  Why move Key to a smaller building?  [b]There are long wait lists ever year[/b].  This past year I've heard the only kids who got spots were siblings of kids already at the school.  Maybe due toe the pandemic neighborhood schools hard more capacity to absorb kids who would have preferred going to immersion this year, but APS hasn't been transparent about it AT ALL.  [/quote]

The people on the waitlists are all native English speakers. If you don’t have the right balance of English and Spanish speakers enrolling, the waitlist is irrelevant.[/quote]

They have abandoned ithat model of 50-50, they should accept more people off the waitlist and not just keep it at capacity.  Every option school should be at least as crowded as the most overcapacity neighborhood school. [/quote]

50-50 refers to the split between Spanish and English instruction during the school day.  Not the class demographics.[/quote]

^ but I agree with you that option schools should be over capacity if neighborhood schools are over.  The option schools should be used to equalize capacity to the extent possible.  [/quote]

To better help balance, it would seem to make sense to move an option School to the areas where there are under capacity schools with overlapping walk zones. E.g. discovery, tuckahoe, Nottingham [/quote]

Why would that make sense when it is so far from families in places like the Pentagon City neighborhoods?[/quote]

It takes 5 mins to get from Nottingham/tuckahoe to ATS. [/quote]

Also, there's no reason ATS (or any other option school) needs to continue to exist. If you choose an option school you get what you get in terms of location. [/quote]

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