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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Or perhaps they did some analysis of who drops out of the program and why? Perhaps those who'd have the furthest to travel for MS and HS under the new plan have exhibited a willingness to do so?

Also, the east-west divide for immersion is not new. It's been like this at the ES level since forever. It's just they're giving additional options at the MS and HS level. I'd imagine they'll adjust if it seems not to be working to balance populations for both the dual-immersion model and crowding. [/quote]

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