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Anonymous wrote:Elementary and middle, I’ve found some info on the middle school proposals but nothing on elementary, nor on the grandfathering policy.

In the past I think they've let 5th graders stay put for their last year.

But that makes no sense because the kids would move as a group together.

In most boundary changes, there are only 50-70 kids moving period— equates out to about ten kids per grade. As a fifth grader that is very tough socially, especially since the middle school boundaries aren’t necessarily aligned. You could end up essentially switching friend groups twice in a two year period. That sucks.

I find it completely baffling that APS splits elementary schools between middle schools, AND splits middle schools between high schools. That is really rough on the kids and seems like poor planning on APS' side.

Not to be snark, but are you new to the area or school system? This is age old...you could have read about it here on DCUM a decade ago. It's a function of fixed infrastructure, i.e., school buildings and roads, and wildly swinging demographics that shifted dramatically in both directions this century already. This ain't Loudoun where the frontier of civilization keeps expanding and you just plop down a new building when needed.

I'm not new to the area but I've only been in the school system about 5 years. That said, every other school system a family member is in, and the ones I grew up in, all fed multiple ES' to one MS, multiple MS' to one HS. Lots of places besides Louden can figure this out.

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Anonymous wrote:All this constant redrawing makes planning for future fairly difficult in my view. Currently we are districted for Taylor but very close to the border to Glebe, ASFS (kind of) and to a much much lesser extent Discovery. Kids not at that age yet but would be very much ok with either Taylor or Glebe (at least based on current ratings) but very much hoping it won't be either ASFS or Discovery.

Middle School too far away to even think about seriously but currently 5m walk from Hamm so would hope that whatever they have planned now (semms like they want to move kids who are for Hamm elsewhere) wouldn't affect our case but who knows.

HS none seem particularly great (Washington Liberty doesn't) but who knows how good/bad the HS schools in area will be in the next 15-20 years. Some suggestions I have seen seems to state that Taylor and Hamm for ES/MS is good to go but then Private for HS.

If you're worried about ASFS due to past information, you may want to reconsider. We have a new principal (and assistant principal) this year, and she is VERY different than previous principal. It's been a refreshing change.

Anonymous wrote:I thought the school board had specifically decided NOT to use Nottingham as a swing space for renovating other schools? There was a massive thread about this months ago.

Anonymous wrote:All this constant redrawing makes planning for future fairly difficult in my view. Currently we are districted for Taylor but very close to the border to Glebe, ASFS (kind of) and to a much much lesser extent Discovery. Kids not at that age yet but would be very much ok with either Taylor or Glebe (at least based on current ratings) but very much hoping it won't be either ASFS or Discovery.

Middle School too far away to even think about seriously but currently 5m walk from Hamm so would hope that whatever they have planned now (semms like they want to move kids who are for Hamm elsewhere) wouldn't affect our case but who knows.

HS none seem particularly great (Washington Liberty doesn't) but who knows how good/bad the HS schools in area will be in the next 15-20 years. Some suggestions I have seen seems to state that Taylor and Hamm for ES/MS is good to go but then Private for HS.

Anonymous wrote:All this constant redrawing makes planning for future fairly difficult in my view. Currently we are districted for Taylor but very close to the border to Glebe, ASFS (kind of) and to a much much lesser extent Discovery. Kids not at that age yet but would be very much ok with either Taylor or Glebe (at least based on current ratings) but very much hoping it won't be either ASFS or Discovery.

Middle School too far away to even think about seriously but currently 5m walk from Hamm so would hope that whatever they have planned now (semms like they want to move kids who are for Hamm elsewhere) wouldn't affect our case but who knows.

HS none seem particularly great (Washington Liberty doesn't) but who knows how good/bad the HS schools in area will be in the next 15-20 years. Some suggestions I have seen seems to state that Taylor and Hamm for ES/MS is good to go but then Private for HS.

Anonymous wrote:All this constant redrawing makes planning for future fairly difficult in my view. Currently we are districted for Taylor but very close to the border to Glebe, ASFS (kind of) and to a much much lesser extent Discovery. Kids not at that age yet but would be very much ok with either Taylor or Glebe (at least based on current ratings) but very much hoping it won't be either ASFS or Discovery.

Middle School too far away to even think about seriously but currently 5m walk from Hamm so would hope that whatever they have planned now (semms like they want to move kids who are for Hamm elsewhere) wouldn't affect our case but who knows.

HS none seem particularly great (Washington Liberty doesn't) but who knows how good/bad the HS schools in area will be in the next 15-20 years. Some suggestions I have seen seems to state that Taylor and Hamm for ES/MS is good to go but then Private for HS.

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary and middle, I’ve found some info on the middle school proposals but nothing on elementary, nor on the grandfathering policy.

In the past I think they've let 5th graders stay put for their last year.

But that makes no sense because the kids would move as a group together.

In most boundary changes, there are only 50-70 kids moving period— equates out to about ten kids per grade. As a fifth grader that is very tough socially, especially since the middle school boundaries aren’t necessarily aligned. You could end up essentially switching friend groups twice in a two year period. That sucks.

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary and middle, I’ve found some info on the middle school proposals but nothing on elementary, nor on the grandfathering policy.

In the past I think they've let 5th graders stay put for their last year.

But that makes no sense because the kids would move as a group together.

In most boundary changes, there are only 50-70 kids moving period— equates out to about ten kids per grade. As a fifth grader that is very tough socially, especially since the middle school boundaries aren’t necessarily aligned. You could end up essentially switching friend groups twice in a two year period. That sucks.

I find it completely baffling that APS splits elementary schools between middle schools, AND splits middle schools between high schools. That is really rough on the kids and seems like poor planning on APS' side.

Not to be snark, but are you new to the area or school system? This is age old...you could have read about it here on DCUM a decade ago. It's a function of fixed infrastructure, i.e., school buildings and roads, and wildly swinging demographics that shifted dramatically in both directions this century already. This ain't Loudoun where the frontier of civilization keeps expanding and you just plop down a new building when needed.

I'm not new to the area but I've only been in the school system about 5 years. That said, every other school system a family member is in, and the ones I grew up in, all fed multiple ES' to one MS, multiple MS' to one HS. Lots of places besides Louden can figure this out.

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary and middle, I’ve found some info on the middle school proposals but nothing on elementary, nor on the grandfathering policy.

In the past I think they've let 5th graders stay put for their last year.

But that makes no sense because the kids would move as a group together.

In most boundary changes, there are only 50-70 kids moving period— equates out to about ten kids per grade. As a fifth grader that is very tough socially, especially since the middle school boundaries aren’t necessarily aligned. You could end up essentially switching friend groups twice in a two year period. That sucks.

I find it completely baffling that APS splits elementary schools between middle schools, AND splits middle schools between high schools. That is really rough on the kids and seems like poor planning on APS' side.

Not to be snark, but are you new to the area or school system? This is age old...you could have read about it here on DCUM a decade ago. It's a function of fixed infrastructure, i.e., school buildings and roads, and wildly swinging demographics that shifted dramatically in both directions this century already. This ain't Loudoun where the frontier of civilization keeps expanding and you just plop down a new building when needed.

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary and middle, I’ve found some info on the middle school proposals but nothing on elementary, nor on the grandfathering policy.

In the past I think they've let 5th graders stay put for their last year.

But that makes no sense because the kids would move as a group together.

In most boundary changes, there are only 50-70 kids moving period— equates out to about ten kids per grade. As a fifth grader that is very tough socially, especially since the middle school boundaries aren’t necessarily aligned. You could end up essentially switching friend groups twice in a two year period. That sucks.

I find it completely baffling that APS splits elementary schools between middle schools, AND splits middle schools between high schools. That is really rough on the kids and seems like poor planning on APS' side.

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary and middle, I’ve found some info on the middle school proposals but nothing on elementary, nor on the grandfathering policy.

In the past I think they've let 5th graders stay put for their last year.

But that makes no sense because the kids would move as a group together.

In most boundary changes, there are only 50-70 kids moving period— equates out to about ten kids per grade. As a fifth grader that is very tough socially, especially since the middle school boundaries aren’t necessarily aligned. You could end up essentially switching friend groups twice in a two year period. That sucks.