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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Time to get rid of French immersion. It would free up space as more families move to the area, reduce traffic and create a true neighborhood school [/quote]

Sure, and let’s get rid of AAP, IB, Academy programs, and TJHSST while we’re at it.  That would all free up funds and/or create more “true neighborhood schools.”  [/quote]

Good idea to get rid of IB! Ot have it at 2 schools academy style.   Academy programs are valuable and TJHSST could join other VA governers schools run on an academy model rather than full time.  One problem with Kent Gardens is that fact that it is run as a true neighborhood school and an Arlington County option school simultaneously.

Given it's walkable neiighborhood location for many students and narrow no yellow line access roads , the location makes no sense.  Those programs went in willy nilly decades ago.  FCPS even had JIP at 2 adjacent sites-Fox Mill and Floris.

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In the scheme of things the fact that FCPS has concentrated so many IB programs at high schools in the southeastern part of the county (Annandale, Edison, Justice, Lewis, Mount Vernon) where students are actually less likely to take IB courses is a bigger issue than having a French immersion program at an elementary school in an area where there are a lot of parents with diplomatic ties or otherwise interested in immersion.

Removing immersion from KG is a non-starter. ... If there is further demand for French immersion, they can add such a program to another school, such as Dunn Loring when it reopens, or to one of the existing under-enrolled elementary schools elsewhere in the county.   [/quote]

Having a French Immersion program is not the issue-the location is the issue for a program of that scope.  Exactly what magical programs do you think exist in other pyramids or magisterial districts that are not driven by FARMS or ESL?  Dual immersion was started 1st at Lake Anne and the purpose at all sites is to provide more support for ESL students.   All get AAP and those IB programs went in with the same lack of division wide planning as the initial sites for immersion.  FCPS had more stuff available and whatever SB or principal at a given time chose it.

There are the 2 elementary magnet programs that get 7 extra staff and $ in transportation.  [/quote]

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