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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ATS to Mckinley, Mckinley to Reed (like Henry moved to Fleet, except for real this time), and Immersion to ATS makes a lot of sense.  The only argument would be that immersion would have to shrink to fit at ATS, but they already said that they are opening another immersion site within the "elementary ib" program (ats).  [/quote]

Only problem is McK is already larger than Reed.  (800 vs 725 seats). [/quote]

Yes, this is why it probably won't be McKinley. Reed can consume a smaller school (like 490 student Nottingham) and still take the overflow from McKinley to fill the remaining 725 seats. If you move McKinley to Reed, you haven't solved the McKinley capacity problem because McKinley already has more kids than Reed's capacity. And you still leave Glebe overcrowded, with empty seats at Nottingham, Discovery, and arguably Jamestown (which only looks full because APS fills it with so many preschool kids). I think ATS is going to Tuckahoe or Nottingham. Once you move the Westover kids out of Tuckahoe and McKinley, you can consolidate those two schools at McKinley. Consolidating them at Tuckahoe is tougher because it is a smaller building and would result in immediate overcrowding. Also, Tuckahoe is arguably more accessible than McKinley to public transit-- walkable to the EFC metro, and a ton of buses run up and down Lee Highway. That said, when APS signaled they were moving ATS to Nottingham in the last discussion, they indicated that it was because Nottingham sits on a huge piece of land and can easily handle trailers, which means they could ramp up the size of ATS or ramp it down as needed without needing to reopen ES boundaries. And if Nottingham's Sept 30 enrollment numbers look like they did last year, APS will be talking about Nottingham again as a potential location for ATS. Remember, last year Nottingham only had 50 Kindergarteners compared to 145 at McKinley and 100 at Tuckahoe. APS will be hard-pressed to justify letting Nottingham continue as a <500 student school at the same time they are building new schools to hold 725-750 kids. It is not efficient from a cost standpoint. We'll know a lot more once those Sept 30 enrollment numbers come out. [/quote]

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