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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]11:30 - I get your point, and I sympathize.  But this is not unique to Arlington.  Neighborhood schools all over the country have to deal with this too.  You also have kids leaving mid-year with no attempt to fill the spaces.  When a family leaves ATS, the next family on the wait list for that grade (or grades) is contacted and the slot is filled.  It's more common in the lower grades, but I've heard of even 5th graders switching schools to attend ATS.  So it's rare that classes dip below 24 students per class for very long.

I'm not saying you have no right to complain.  Of course you do.  Overcrowding sucks, and I hope the SB gets better at handling it in the future, and not closing or repurposing schoools when we have what turns out to be a temporary dip in enrollment.[/quote]

Nobody is talking about closing schools except for one or two trolls on DCUM. Stop with this talking point, you make ATS parents look deeply ignorant and destroy their credibility.[/quote]

NP here, but I think the PP is taking the long view.  In the past, the SB has closed schools.  And it's now all but impossible (politically) to get those facilities back now that we need more land for new schools.  PP is just urging the SB to engage in serious long term planning for seats and land use, rather than living year to year in enrollment crises (too many seats!  too few seats!  and back again!).  Yes, it's hard.  But other jurisdictions seem to be better at it than APS.  [/quote]

PP here.  Yes, this exactly.[/quote]

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