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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Phasing out French Immersion needs to be on the table for consideration.  That alone would fix the problem.

Language immersion is a high-end luxury.  FCPS has no business running this when a school is at 125% capacity.  [/quote]

They can move some Kent Gardens kids to Franklin Sherman and some FS kids to Churchill Road.  Problem solved and French immersion stays at Kent Gardens.  
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No problem as long as the program is only open for IB kids. The neighborhoods walkable to Kent Gardens are turning over very quickly.  Families with 2-3 kids are moving into the new homes that are replacing tear downs. A walkable neighborhood school is more important than an immersion program vs a peogram that brings more car traffic to the tight streets surrounding the school. [/quote]

Not every neighborhood currently zoned to KG now is really walkable to the school. I’d hope they’d really try to make sure every area that is truly walkable to KG stays there.

They have pared back the percentage of OOB students in the immersion program but it’s not feasible to say only IB kids can avail of it.  If there is sufficient demand, expand the program to a second school that would be make sense location-wise. [/quote]

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