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Anonymous wrote:IMO both immersion programs should move, Claremont to Carlin Springs and Key to ATS. Carlin Springs and ATS both have small walk zones, and then Claremont could help break up the Pike/Mason intersection of concentrated CAFs.

There are virtually no spanish speakers around ATS. And then you still need to find a site for ATS.

ATS is not a good site for Immersion because it needs to grow and ATS is a tiny school. Unless they are actually going to create 3 immersion ES.
What does make sense is ATS becomes a neighborhood school and Barrett becomes Immersion. There is a spanish speaking population near here.

This is just another example of Arlington community member's rationale to fit what they want.
Barrett is significantly more walkable than ATS. If a lot of walkers don't want immersion, you'll be busing them to ATS.
Immersion does not "need" to grow - it "wants" to grow. Don't give me the waitlist argument as proof it needs to grow. Get rid of 60-80% FRL neighborhood schools, and you won't "need" immersion to grow.

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Anonymous wrote:How do we get rid of 60-80% FRL neighborhood schools? I think most folks would love to do this if you know how. Bussing children all over the county is not an option, however.

1) Housing

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11) Make Claremont neighborhood.

If anyone can fill in #1-10 with other than "housing" LMK. This is the best I've been able to come up with.

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Anonymous wrote:IMO both immersion programs should move, Claremont to Carlin Springs and Key to ATS. Carlin Springs and ATS both have small walk zones, and then Claremont could help break up the Pike/Mason intersection of concentrated CAFs.

There are virtually no spanish speakers around ATS. And then you still need to find a site for ATS.

ATS is not a good site for Immersion because it needs to grow and ATS is a tiny school. Unless they are actually going to create 3 immersion ES.
What does make sense is ATS becomes a neighborhood school and Barrett becomes Immersion. There is a spanish speaking population near here.

This is just another example of Arlington community member's rationale to fit what they want.
Barrett is significantly more walkable than ATS. If a lot of walkers don't want immersion, you'll be busing them to ATS.
Immersion does not "need" to grow - it "wants" to grow. Don't give me the waitlist argument as proof it needs to grow. Get rid of 60-80% FRL neighborhood schools, and you won't "need" immersion to grow.

Anonymous wrote:How do we get rid of 60-80% FRL neighborhood schools? I think most folks would love to do this if you know how. Bussing children all over the county is not an option, however.

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Anonymous wrote:IMO both immersion programs should move, Claremont to Carlin Springs and Key to ATS. Carlin Springs and ATS both have small walk zones, and then Claremont could help break up the Pike/Mason intersection of concentrated CAFs.

There are virtually no spanish speakers around ATS. And then you still need to find a site for ATS.

ATS is not a good site for Immersion because it needs to grow and ATS is a tiny school. Unless they are actually going to create 3 immersion ES.
What does make sense is ATS becomes a neighborhood school and Barrett becomes Immersion. There is a spanish speaking population near here.

Anonymous wrote:IMO both immersion programs should move, Claremont to Carlin Springs and Key to ATS. Carlin Springs and ATS both have small walk zones, and then Claremont could help break up the Pike/Mason intersection of concentrated CAFs.

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Anonymous wrote:IMO both immersion programs should move, Claremont to Carlin Springs and Key to ATS. Carlin Springs and ATS both have small walk zones, and then Claremont could help break up the Pike/Mason intersection of concentrated CAFs.

There are virtually no spanish speakers around ATS. And then you still need to find a site for ATS.

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Anonymous wrote:IMO both immersion programs should move, Claremont to Carlin Springs and Key to ATS. Carlin Springs and ATS both have small walk zones, and then Claremont could help break up the Pike/Mason intersection of concentrated CAFs.

There are virtually no spanish speakers around ATS. And then you still need to find a site for ATS.

ATS is not a good site for Immersion because it needs to grow and ATS is a tiny school. Unless they are actually going to create 3 immersion ES.
What does make sense is ATS becomes a neighborhood school and Barrett becomes Immersion. There is a spanish speaking population near here.

They aren't creating a third immersion ES anytime soon. The system doesn't have the capacity for it. To the extent they expand the immersion program beyond its two home schools, it will be putting a limited number of classes into what is otherwise a neighborhood school with excess capacity.

I wouldn't be so sure of that but we'll see how it all plays out.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it not weird that no one at the meeting last night brought up the issue of ASFS sitting outside of its boundaries? That was the whole focus of Dr. Murphy's announcement at the beginning of the school year and how this was "his" plan, and they needed to keep the ASFS community together, etc.? And apparently he and the APS staff gave the school board a memo on why the swap was such a no-brainer and the school board wrote questions asking for clarifications before it was all announced? Was there not a similar process or heads up this time? I can't believe no one, especially the school board, was like, hey wait, didn't we just do a whole big thing on this a few months ago? Of are we just supposed to act like that meeting in August didn't happen?

I know the projection numbers went up slightly but that can't be a surprise to anyone-- if they are going to say, well the projections changed since August, doesn't that mean they can just keep flip-flopping every time the projections change? Why make such an early announcement about the swap if they knew they were going to have to walk it back when the projections came out? Obviously, having ASFS sit outside its boundaries isn't that big of a deal (unless, of course, you live near the school and wanted to go there before they do the North Arlignton boundary changes).

Given how much of the criticism of APS in the past has been for their decisions to stay the course on something rather than adapt more quickly to changing conditions, I think attacking them now for being too responsive to changing conditions is a bit ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:Is it not weird that no one at the meeting last night brought up the issue of ASFS sitting outside of its boundaries? That was the whole focus of Dr. Murphy's announcement at the beginning of the school year and how this was "his" plan, and they needed to keep the ASFS community together, etc.? And apparently he and the APS staff gave the school board a memo on why the swap was such a no-brainer and the school board wrote questions asking for clarifications before it was all announced? Was there not a similar process or heads up this time? I can't believe no one, especially the school board, was like, hey wait, didn't we just do a whole big thing on this a few months ago? Of are we just supposed to act like that meeting in August didn't happen?

I know the projection numbers went up slightly but that can't be a surprise to anyone-- if they are going to say, well the projections changed since August, doesn't that mean they can just keep flip-flopping every time the projections change? Why make such an early announcement about the swap if they knew they were going to have to walk it back when the projections came out? Obviously, having ASFS sit outside its boundaries isn't that big of a deal (unless, of course, you live near the school and wanted to go there before they do the North Arlignton boundary changes).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IMO both immersion programs should move, Claremont to Carlin Springs and Key to ATS. Carlin Springs and ATS both have small walk zones, and then Claremont could help break up the Pike/Mason intersection of concentrated CAFs.

There are virtually no spanish speakers around ATS. And then you still need to find a site for ATS.

ATS is not a good site for Immersion because it needs to grow and ATS is a tiny school. Unless they are actually going to create 3 immersion ES.
What does make sense is ATS becomes a neighborhood school and Barrett becomes Immersion. There is a spanish speaking population near here.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IMO both immersion programs should move, Claremont to Carlin Springs and Key to ATS. Carlin Springs and ATS both have small walk zones, and then Claremont could help break up the Pike/Mason intersection of concentrated CAFs.

There are virtually no spanish speakers around ATS. And then you still need to find a site for ATS.

ATS is not a good site for Immersion because it needs to grow and ATS is a tiny school. Unless they are actually going to create 3 immersion ES.
What does make sense is ATS becomes a neighborhood school and Barrett becomes Immersion. There is a spanish speaking population near here.

They aren't creating a third immersion ES anytime soon. The system doesn't have the capacity for it. To the extent they expand the immersion program beyond its two home schools, it will be putting a limited number of classes into what is otherwise a neighborhood school with excess capacity.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IMO both immersion programs should move, Claremont to Carlin Springs and Key to ATS. Carlin Springs and ATS both have small walk zones, and then Claremont could help break up the Pike/Mason intersection of concentrated CAFs.

There are virtually no spanish speakers around ATS. And then you still need to find a site for ATS.

ATS is not a good site for Immersion because it needs to grow and ATS is a tiny school. Unless they are actually going to create 3 immersion ES.
What does make sense is ATS becomes a neighborhood school and Barrett becomes Immersion. There is a spanish speaking population near here.