Anonymous
09/08/2023 23:25
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
If they don’t move immersion, they’ll need to relocate even more middle school students. regardless of the immersion plan, there is no way to avoid moving kids from south to north. that is just the population trend
It won’t be “even more” because they can just adjust planning units at the boundaries rather dropping 200 students at Kenmore and letting it domino out from there.
I doubt more than 200 students total have to be moved.
And can we increase HBW enrollment already? Every other school will be “over capacity” — they can sit at 108% like the rest of us.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Capacity-Utilization-2021-to-2023-for-posting-online.pdf
Where are you gonna put the trailers? In the middle of Wilson Blvd? Y'all should have thought of that before you insisted HB had to move to the tiny plot of land in Rosslyn where there isn't room for trailers.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 21:19
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
If they don’t move immersion, they’ll need to relocate even more middle school students. regardless of the immersion plan, there is no way to avoid moving kids from south to north. that is just the population trend
It won’t be “even more” because they can just adjust planning units at the boundaries rather dropping 200 students at Kenmore and letting it domino out from there.
I doubt more than 200 students total have to be moved.
And can we increase HBW enrollment already? Every other school will be “over capacity” — they can sit at 108% like the rest of us.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Capacity-Utilization-2021-to-2023-for-posting-online.pdf
Why on earth is Key at 155% of capacity and the most overcrowded elementary school in APS? It is an option school so APS could easily lower enrollment by making fewer seats available.
Because they were just moved to a smaller building (around 2021) and have pushed back on shrinking the program to make it fit in the building.
APS moved Key to a building that was too small for it?!? No wonder people fear APS is trying to undermine the immersion program.
Key went from 6 to 4 k classes when it moved. This year only 6/8 trailer classrooms are being used (they were all used last year).
Anonymous
09/08/2023 21:18
Subject: Re:Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
These capacity numbers don't make sense to me. We're at Claremont, which reduced the incoming classes from 6 kindergarten classes to 4 starting last year (class entering in 2022), to deal with capacity issues -- yet these projections show no meaningful decline (unless I'm looking at this incorrectly).
Anonymous
09/08/2023 21:14
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
If they don’t move immersion, they’ll need to relocate even more middle school students. regardless of the immersion plan, there is no way to avoid moving kids from south to north. that is just the population trend
It won’t be “even more” because they can just adjust planning units at the boundaries rather dropping 200 students at Kenmore and letting it domino out from there.
I doubt more than 200 students total have to be moved.
And can we increase HBW enrollment already? Every other school will be “over capacity” — they can sit at 108% like the rest of us.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Capacity-Utilization-2021-to-2023-for-posting-online.pdf
According to the APS report, 1,900 K-8 students will live in planning units with new boundaries if the immersion program is moved. If immersion is not moved, that increases to 3,200.
Why would moving middle school immersion impact K-5?
I wondered that too. PP's numbers are meaningless.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 21:14
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
If they don’t move immersion, they’ll need to relocate even more middle school students. regardless of the immersion plan, there is no way to avoid moving kids from south to north. that is just the population trend
It won’t be “even more” because they can just adjust planning units at the boundaries rather dropping 200 students at Kenmore and letting it domino out from there.
I doubt more than 200 students total have to be moved.
And can we increase HBW enrollment already? Every other school will be “over capacity” — they can sit at 108% like the rest of us.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Capacity-Utilization-2021-to-2023-for-posting-online.pdf
Why on earth is Key at 155% of capacity and the most overcrowded elementary school in APS? It is an option school so APS could easily lower enrollment by making fewer seats available.
Because they were just moved to a smaller building (around 2021) and have pushed back on shrinking the program to make it fit in the building.
APS moved Key to a building that was too small for it?!? No wonder people fear APS is trying to undermine the immersion program.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 21:10
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
If they don’t move immersion, they’ll need to relocate even more middle school students. regardless of the immersion plan, there is no way to avoid moving kids from south to north. that is just the population trend
It won’t be “even more” because they can just adjust planning units at the boundaries rather dropping 200 students at Kenmore and letting it domino out from there.
I doubt more than 200 students total have to be moved.
And can we increase HBW enrollment already? Every other school will be “over capacity” — they can sit at 108% like the rest of us.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Capacity-Utilization-2021-to-2023-for-posting-online.pdf
Why on earth is Key at 155% of capacity and the most overcrowded elementary school in APS? It is an option school so APS could easily lower enrollment by making fewer seats available.
Because they were just moved to a smaller building (around 2021) and have pushed back on shrinking the program to make it fit in the building.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 21:05
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:interesting debate but am I correct that nobody knows what the actual development is?
Correct.. or no one is saying is they do know
Can someone post a recap for those who weren’t able to watch?
no recap because they canceled the meeting at the last minute. which is pretty weird
I’ve heard enrollment in WMS was way up this year, something about people leaving private school.
My kid says there are a ton of new kids and three out of four they have talked to came from Gunston.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 20:31
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
If they don’t move immersion, they’ll need to relocate even more middle school students. regardless of the immersion plan, there is no way to avoid moving kids from south to north. that is just the population trend
It won’t be “even more” because they can just adjust planning units at the boundaries rather dropping 200 students at Kenmore and letting it domino out from there.
I doubt more than 200 students total have to be moved.
And can we increase HBW enrollment already? Every other school will be “over capacity” — they can sit at 108% like the rest of us.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Capacity-Utilization-2021-to-2023-for-posting-online.pdf
According to the APS report, 1,900 K-8 students will live in planning units with new boundaries if the immersion program is moved. If immersion is not moved, that increases to 3,200.
Why would moving middle school immersion impact K-5?
Anonymous
09/08/2023 20:17
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
If they don’t move immersion, they’ll need to relocate even more middle school students. regardless of the immersion plan, there is no way to avoid moving kids from south to north. that is just the population trend
It won’t be “even more” because they can just adjust planning units at the boundaries rather dropping 200 students at Kenmore and letting it domino out from there.
I doubt more than 200 students total have to be moved.
And can we increase HBW enrollment already? Every other school will be “over capacity” — they can sit at 108% like the rest of us.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Capacity-Utilization-2021-to-2023-for-posting-online.pdf
They can’t just make a few adjustments. If the boundaries don’t changw, by 2027 Williamsburg will be at 65% capacity and Gunston will be at 112%. You can’t just move Gunston students to Williamsburg, so the dominos move throughout Arlington.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 20:10
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
If they don’t move immersion, they’ll need to relocate even more middle school students. regardless of the immersion plan, there is no way to avoid moving kids from south to north. that is just the population trend
It won’t be “even more” because they can just adjust planning units at the boundaries rather dropping 200 students at Kenmore and letting it domino out from there.
I doubt more than 200 students total have to be moved.
And can we increase HBW enrollment already? Every other school will be “over capacity” — they can sit at 108% like the rest of us.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Capacity-Utilization-2021-to-2023-for-posting-online.pdf
Why on earth is Key at 155% of capacity and the most overcrowded elementary school in APS? It is an option school so APS could easily lower enrollment by making fewer seats available.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 20:07
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
If they don’t move immersion, they’ll need to relocate even more middle school students. regardless of the immersion plan, there is no way to avoid moving kids from south to north. that is just the population trend
It won’t be “even more” because they can just adjust planning units at the boundaries rather dropping 200 students at Kenmore and letting it domino out from there.
I doubt more than 200 students total have to be moved.
And can we increase HBW enrollment already? Every other school will be “over capacity” — they can sit at 108% like the rest of us.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Capacity-Utilization-2021-to-2023-for-posting-online.pdf
According to the APS report, 1,900 K-8 students will live in planning units with new boundaries if the immersion program is moved. If immersion is not moved, that increases to 3,200.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 19:58
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
If they don’t move immersion, they’ll need to relocate even more middle school students. regardless of the immersion plan, there is no way to avoid moving kids from south to north. that is just the population trend
It won’t be “even more” because they can just adjust planning units at the boundaries rather dropping 200 students at Kenmore and letting it domino out from there.
I doubt more than 200 students total have to be moved.
And can we increase HBW enrollment already? Every other school will be “over capacity” — they can sit at 108% like the rest of us.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Capacity-Utilization-2021-to-2023-for-posting-online.pdf
Anonymous
09/08/2023 19:26
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
If they don’t move immersion, they’ll need to relocate even more middle school students. regardless of the immersion plan, there is no way to avoid moving kids from south to north. that is just the population trend
Anonymous
09/08/2023 19:22
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
Anonymous wrote:my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion
Getting everyone mad and then “pausing” the process is an APS classic move, so you’re probably correct.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 16:49
Subject: Spanish Immersion Community Table Session
my totally uninformed guess is that they are not moving immersion