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[quote=Anonymous]I like the creative thinking this represents- but I don't think the east/west zones they are proposing are realistic.
What I heard at the work session is the reason for adding additional middle school and high school immersion options was the thought that kids were dropping out of immersion b/c they didn't want to go all the way to Gunston.  
But now- they expect kids to go to Claremont for elementary- which is next door to Wakefield- but then trek all the way to Williamsburg for middle, and Yorktown for Highschool- when they live next to Wakefield?

By the last transfer report I could find- there were only 42 kids who transferred to Wakefield for Immersion, and 227 who transferred to Gunston.  None of those transferred from Williamsburg, and 3 transferred from Swanson.  
So I get why they might think that kids are being lost to immersion b/c they have to trek to Gunston.
However- I think this sets up most of the Claremont population to also drop out of immersion if they are told to go to Williamsburg.
If the concern is distance- they need to draw the zones North/South.[/quote]

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