Anonymous
09/25/2023 20:06
Subject: Re:ASFS at 80% capacity?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tuckahoe is down to only 3 classes at every grade level. 2 years ago they had 4 classes at every grade level.
Same at Nottingham. They shouldn’t have built discovery.
I think APS planning staff are awful, but I don’t know that anyone could have predicted a massive global pandemic causing a multi-year shut down of schools, followed by an increasingly wealthy demographic pulling their kids to go to private schools. As others have said, 22207 remains as popular as ever for raising families and people continue to come here from DC, Alexandria, and outside of the area. COVID really screwed things up - the permanence of which is still very much in doubt.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that people who can pay $2 million for a new house might also be able and willing to pay $10,000 per kid to at least go to catholic school.
Granted I can’t afford a $2m house, but it would take a lot for me to send my child to a Catholic school. Some of us have values.
I think a lot of people are just trying to do the best they can for their kids. The foundation of the entire public school system (the “good” schools) is actually a product of overtly racist housing policy. So I’m not sure that the values are much better there….
Anonymous
09/25/2023 19:03
Subject: Re:ASFS at 80% capacity?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tuckahoe is down to only 3 classes at every grade level. 2 years ago they had 4 classes at every grade level.
Same at Nottingham. They shouldn’t have built discovery.
I think APS planning staff are awful, but I don’t know that anyone could have predicted a massive global pandemic causing a multi-year shut down of schools, followed by an increasingly wealthy demographic pulling their kids to go to private schools. As others have said, 22207 remains as popular as ever for raising families and people continue to come here from DC, Alexandria, and outside of the area. COVID really screwed things up - the permanence of which is still very much in doubt.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that people who can pay $2 million for a new house might also be able and willing to pay $10,000 per kid to at least go to catholic school.
Granted I can’t afford a $2m house, but it would take a lot for me to send my child to a Catholic school. Some of us have values.
Anonymous
09/22/2023 18:57
Subject: Re:ASFS at 80% capacity?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tuckahoe is down to only 3 classes at every grade level. 2 years ago they had 4 classes at every grade level.
Same at Nottingham. They shouldn’t have built discovery.
I think APS planning staff are awful, but I don’t know that anyone could have predicted a massive global pandemic causing a multi-year shut down of schools, followed by an increasingly wealthy demographic pulling their kids to go to private schools. As others have said, 22207 remains as popular as ever for raising families and people continue to come here from DC, Alexandria, and outside of the area. COVID really screwed things up - the permanence of which is still very much in doubt.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that people who can pay $2 million for a new house might also be able and willing to pay $10,000 per kid to at least go to catholic school.
Eww, no.
Anonymous
09/22/2023 18:56
Subject: Re:ASFS at 80% capacity?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Taylor is growing and added classes this year. Not all elementary schools are shrinking.
ASFS had to add classrooms in K and 4th last year, after school started.
I would not be surprised if they had to do that again this year. The new Modera building brought a ton of new families to ASFS and the new building on Washington is going to open soon.
They planned to have space for kids from these new buildings which have been in the works for years.
Maybe, but the number of teachers are given based on the number of kids enrolled before the school year starts. So if enough kids enroll after teacher numbers/classrooms have been allocated, then new classrooms have to open up to accommodate them. Perhaps not as much of a school capacity issue as a classroom capacity issue, not to mention it disrupts the established kids and classes.
Yes, that’s why they push families to register kids early so they can have the appropriate number of classes per grade before school starts.
Anonymous
09/22/2023 17:59
Subject: Re:ASFS at 80% capacity?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Taylor is growing and added classes this year. Not all elementary schools are shrinking.
ASFS had to add classrooms in K and 4th last year, after school started.
I would not be surprised if they had to do that again this year. The new Modera building brought a ton of new families to ASFS and the new building on Washington is going to open soon.
They planned to have space for kids from these new buildings which have been in the works for years.
Maybe, but the number of teachers are given based on the number of kids enrolled before the school year starts. So if enough kids enroll after teacher numbers/classrooms have been allocated, then new classrooms have to open up to accommodate them. Perhaps not as much of a school capacity issue as a classroom capacity issue, not to mention it disrupts the established kids and classes.
It’s not even a classroom capacity thing — it’s more of a teacher capacity thing. Hiring a good teacher in the middle of the year is hard. Having an additional class added is usually great though since it brings down the class sizes overall. Only downside is it’s disruptive for the kids that get moved.
Anonymous
09/22/2023 16:39
Subject: Re:ASFS at 80% capacity?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Taylor is growing and added classes this year. Not all elementary schools are shrinking.
ASFS had to add classrooms in K and 4th last year, after school started.
I would not be surprised if they had to do that again this year. The new Modera building brought a ton of new families to ASFS and the new building on Washington is going to open soon.
They planned to have space for kids from these new buildings which have been in the works for years.
Maybe, but the number of teachers are given based on the number of kids enrolled before the school year starts. So if enough kids enroll after teacher numbers/classrooms have been allocated, then new classrooms have to open up to accommodate them. Perhaps not as much of a school capacity issue as a classroom capacity issue, not to mention it disrupts the established kids and classes.