Anonymous wrote:Not sure, but at the end of last school year there were about 42 kids in the VPI program. 66 kids in the K class this year. So, assuming most of the VPI kids stayed (which they do), that leaves 24 slots open for siblings and then for transfers.

Not a lot of room for transfers to Campbell. Hardly even call it a county-wide school. It is essentially a VPI school with some slots available for other kids. Why don't they just close to school to transfers and make it all VPI-based admission?

Yeah, we wanted Campbell for my kid (love the Expeditionary Learning) who is not VPI. I did the math and I think it came to something like 8 Kindergarteners who got in who were not VPI or sibling preference. Kid is fine and happy where he ended up but I was hoping for an “option” that truly wasn’t ever an “option” for him at all.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm genuinely curious what the argument against moving Key is given the last two years' dismal Spanish-speaking K enrollment numbers? I don't have any stake, but don't understand why a move is perceived to have "bad optics" when it's not in demand by native Spanish-speakers??

This has been rehashed to death 100 times.

And yet we still have people commenting that it's bad optics to move it or that Key needs to stay in place for the neighborhood Spanish speakers. Are they immune to facts or being deliberately misinformed?

Alternative facts.

Not sure, but at the end of last school year there were about 42 kids in the VPI program. 66 kids in the K class this year. So, assuming most of the VPI kids stayed (which they do), that leaves 24 slots open for siblings and then for transfers.

Not a lot of room for transfers to Campbell. Hardly even call it a county-wide school. It is essentially a VPI school with some slots available for other kids. Why don't they just close to school to transfers and make it all VPI-based admission?

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the issue about Campbell not filing the K class. Looking at their stats, they were full, if not higher than other title I schools.

The Campbell principal never wanted that forth K class in 2018-19. She only did it because everyone had to take one extra class per pressure from the county. She’s doing everything she can to get it back down to 3 classes. Principal shouldn’t have that kind of power IMO when the county is so overcrowded.
Campbell might work well as a title 1 school, but it should be a true option school even if that means title 1 status disappears. It’s a model that could work well for many kids around the county.

I don't understand the issue about Campbell not filing the K class. Looking at their stats, they were full, if not higher than other title I schools.