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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about making ATS a feeder into WMS?  That way friend groups could stay together post-elementary.

DC schools do this where option programs have their own feeder path.[/quote]

Yes. Campbell, both immersion schools, Montessori, and ATS could all feed into Williamsburg then Yorktown. That would solve the underenrolled North Arlington schools once and for all. [/quote]
Huh?  I don't know that those numbers add up at all and it's a super weird grouping.  [b]Immersion needs to be considered separately because it has specific needs and is intended to benefit and support English learners.[/b]

I do think it would work well to give ATS students the option to continue at WMS so they can stay with friends, even if the program doesn't continue into middle school.

I know less about the Campbell program and whether those families would be interested in continuing at WMS given commutes and whether most of those kids end up at the same middle school(s) already.[/quote]

And yet somehow Claremont has a lower FARMS rate and percentage of English learners than the surrounding neighborhood schools. I bet those parents would be happy to opt out of Gunston. [/quote]
Huh?  The ratio of English learners in immersion is set to 50/50 by definition.  And immersion feeds into Gunston so signing up for immersion isn't opting out of Gunston.  And Escuela Key parents are opting into Gunston and out of WMS/Hamm/Swanson by choosing immersion.

Voluntary transfers last year prioritized TJ and Swanson as the most overcrowded APS middle schools.  If Gunston becomes the most crowded, presumably Gunston parents will be prioritized for a voluntary transfer to an underenrolled middle school.[/quote]

No, the number of Spanish speakers to English speakers is 50/50 in the lottery. Some of the Spanish speakers are also native English speakers.

The equity dashboard shows 33.33% English learners at Claremont as compared to 40.39% at Abingdon, 37.5% at Campbell, 69.58% at Carlin Springs, 38.64 at Drew, and 60.7% at Randolph. There's a narrative that the Immersion schools are for the benefit and support of English learners, but the truth is that they are supporting fewer English learners than many of the neighborhood schools.  [/quote]

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