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Anonymous wrote:Arl Traditional, Montessori and HB Woodlawn all have established base cases for existing (although I question ATS). Still, I think language immersion is most vulnerable in long run. The 50-50 requirement was failing hard before pandemic. The language pedagogy, if you can call it, seems to be relative, according to linguists and native speakers. I have seen two generations of APS parents complain their kid nothing. Above all, a immersion has a bad look because it clearly exists to serve the extreme demands of rich white N.Arl folks. The fact is the majority of APS households are bilingual already and dont want to play that game in school, they just want their kid safely and reliably.

I think it exists in large part to allow people to flee their S. Arlington school without feeling racist

Our S Arlington neighborhood school is considered one of the "good" S Arlington schools and we still chose immersion. We plan to stick with it through HS. There are lots of immersion schools all around the country. APS should add more immersion schools, and add more languages.

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Anonymous wrote:Arl Traditional, Montessori and HB Woodlawn all have established base cases for existing (although I question ATS). Still, I think language immersion is most vulnerable in long run. The 50-50 requirement was failing hard before pandemic. The language pedagogy, if you can call it, seems to be relative, according to linguists and native speakers. I have seen two generations of APS parents complain their kid nothing. Above all, a immersion has a bad look because it clearly exists to serve the extreme demands of rich white N.Arl folks. The fact is the majority of APS households are bilingual already and dont want to play that game in school, they just want their kid safely and reliably.

I think it exists in large part to allow people to flee their S. Arlington school without feeling racist

Anonymous wrote:Arl Traditional, Montessori and HB Woodlawn all have established base cases for existing (although I question ATS). Still, I think language immersion is most vulnerable in long run. The 50-50 requirement was failing hard before pandemic. The language pedagogy, if you can call it, seems to be relative, according to linguists and native speakers. I have seen two generations of APS parents complain their kid nothing. Above all, a immersion has a bad look because it clearly exists to serve the extreme demands of rich white N.Arl folks. The fact is the majority of APS households are bilingual already and dont want to play that game in school, they just want their kid safely and reliably.

Anonymous wrote:Arl Traditional, Montessori and HB Woodlawn all have established base cases for existing (although I question ATS). Still, I think language immersion is most vulnerable in long run. The 50-50 requirement was failing hard before pandemic. The language pedagogy, if you can call it, seems to be relative, according to linguists and native speakers. I have seen two generations of APS parents complain their kid nothing. Above all, a immersion has a bad look because it clearly exists to serve the extreme demands of rich white N.Arl folks. The fact is the majority of APS households are bilingual already and dont want to play that game in school, they just want their kid safely and reliably.

Anonymous wrote:Really, PP? Because I’d eliminate Montessori after the primary years (pre K and K) in a heartbeat. It’s not serving the community after that sufficiently to justify its own school. It’s just that they have their own PAC. That’s how they’ve managed to stay afloat. N

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Anonymous wrote:When is the rezoning happening?

There is no timeline. The School Board said they'd look at the enrollment figures in October and tweak at the margins if necessary if there was any extreme overcrowding. You can bet they'll avoid it if there is anyway to avoid it so as not to deal with the crazies.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't Tuckahoe going to be an option school? This is probably the first step in the process.

Haven’t heard that rumor, are they planning on moving a current one or starting a new one?

This was a huge deal right before covid. Nottingham has only 2 classes of K and 4th. When my kids started, they had four of each. I think tuckahoe isn’t even worse. I think tuckahoe will become the option school as it’s not in the middle of a neighborhood. I also think we should get rid of option schools.

Oh sweetie, you’re about two years behind.

DP here. You are a rude person. I can tell you for certain there’s absolutely discussion about the Tuckahoe, Nottingham, discovery issue/potential solutions due to a lack of enrollment, overlapping boundaries, etc. when you have under enrolled elementary schools in North Arlington and overcrowded schools in south Arlington, it’s a poor look.

Where are those discussions happening? They just did a comprehensive review of option school locations, and decided to move ATS and Key to their current locations.

All school systems have logistical discussions in planning for the future; especially when there are inequalities. Nothing is imminent.

The biggest inequality is putting an option school right where a neighborhood school is needed most, leaving the next nearest neighborhood school overcrowded. The obvious solution is to get rid of option schools - it decreases overcrowding where capacity is needed the most and minimizes transportation costs (whether you like it or not, transportation costs are a huge driver of boundary decisions)

Can we please be realistic? There’s zero chance that APS will abolish all option schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't Tuckahoe going to be an option school? This is probably the first step in the process.

Haven’t heard that rumor, are they planning on moving a current one or starting a new one?

This was a huge deal right before covid. Nottingham has only 2 classes of K and 4th. When my kids started, they had four of each. I think tuckahoe isn’t even worse. I think tuckahoe will become the option school as it’s not in the middle of a neighborhood. I also think we should get rid of option schools.

Oh sweetie, you’re about two years behind.

DP here. You are a rude person. I can tell you for certain there’s absolutely discussion about the Tuckahoe, Nottingham, discovery issue/potential solutions due to a lack of enrollment, overlapping boundaries, etc. when you have under enrolled elementary schools in North Arlington and overcrowded schools in south Arlington, it’s a poor look.

Where are those discussions happening? They just did a comprehensive review of option school locations, and decided to move ATS and Key to their current locations.

All school systems have logistical discussions in planning for the future; especially when there are inequalities. Nothing is imminent.

The biggest inequality is putting an option school right where a neighborhood school is needed most, leaving the next nearest neighborhood school overcrowded. The obvious solution is to get rid of option schools - it decreases overcrowding where capacity is needed the most and minimizes transportation costs (whether you like it or not, transportation costs are a huge driver of boundary decisions)

Can we please be realistic? There’s zero chance that APS will abolish all option schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't Tuckahoe going to be an option school? This is probably the first step in the process.

Haven’t heard that rumor, are they planning on moving a current one or starting a new one?

This was a huge deal right before covid. Nottingham has only 2 classes of K and 4th. When my kids started, they had four of each. I think tuckahoe isn’t even worse. I think tuckahoe will become the option school as it’s not in the middle of a neighborhood. I also think we should get rid of option schools.

Oh sweetie, you’re about two years behind.

DP here. You are a rude person. I can tell you for certain there’s absolutely discussion about the Tuckahoe, Nottingham, discovery issue/potential solutions due to a lack of enrollment, overlapping boundaries, etc. when you have under enrolled elementary schools in North Arlington and overcrowded schools in south Arlington, it’s a poor look.

Where are those discussions happening? They just did a comprehensive review of option school locations, and decided to move ATS and Key to their current locations.

All school systems have logistical discussions in planning for the future; especially when there are inequalities. Nothing is imminent.

The biggest inequality is putting an option school right where a neighborhood school is needed most, leaving the next nearest neighborhood school overcrowded. The obvious solution is to get rid of option schools - it decreases overcrowding where capacity is needed the most and minimizes transportation costs (whether you like it or not, transportation costs are a huge driver of boundary decisions)

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't Tuckahoe going to be an option school? This is probably the first step in the process.

Haven’t heard that rumor, are they planning on moving a current one or starting a new one?

This was a huge deal right before covid. Nottingham has only 2 classes of K and 4th. When my kids started, they had four of each. I think tuckahoe isn’t even worse. I think tuckahoe will become the option school as it’s not in the middle of a neighborhood. I also think we should get rid of option schools.

Oh sweetie, you’re about two years behind.

DP here. You are a rude person. I can tell you for certain there’s absolutely discussion about the Tuckahoe, Nottingham, discovery issue/potential solutions due to a lack of enrollment, overlapping boundaries, etc. when you have under enrolled elementary schools in North Arlington and overcrowded schools in south Arlington, it’s a poor look.

Where are those discussions happening? They just did a comprehensive review of option school locations, and decided to move ATS and Key to their current locations.

All school systems have logistical discussions in planning for the future; especially when there are inequalities. Nothing is imminent.