Anonymous wrote:APS made a mistake building Discovery. Now, they have to fix it.

At the time they built Discovery, Nottingham and Tuckahoe were both over 140% capacity. Opening Discovery brought that area to just barely under capacity, and two years later Nottingham is already over capacity again with Tuckahoe and Discovery each being only a couple of students under capacity.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm afraid to say either Campbell or ATS is moving to the NW. It's silly since there is no demand n there. No transfers to options in the NW virtually. But APS seems dead set on it anyway. Because. Reed.

Access to Campbell has long been limited to S. Arlington families. We live in N.A. I would have loved it for my nature/science loving DD but it wasn't an option.

Is it limited? The transfer report shows about a dozen transfers to Campbell from n.a. Elementaries. Is t it actually a case of low demand from north Arlington, for reasons of commute and perceived school quality in comparison to neighborhood schools like Taylor, Nottingham, Tuckahoe, etc?

Up until last year, only students from South Arlington could lottery into Campbell. The only way students from North Arlington could go to Campbell is if they attended Montessori pre-k at Campbell while living in South Arlington and then later moved to North Arlington, got a neighborhood transfer if Campbell was under capacity (but then they needed to provide their own transportation), or if they got sibling preference due to an older sibling at the school.

Anonymous wrote:APS made a mistake building Discovery. Now, they have to fix it.

APS needs seats. The problem is that the locations available to build don’t neatly align with where they need the capacity. NW needed more than Discovery but less than Discovery plus Reed. Meanwhile it’s not exactly like there’s loads of elementary-suitable space in NE.

APS made a mistake building Discovery. Now, they have to fix it.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm afraid to say either Campbell or ATS is moving to the NW. It's silly since there is no demand n there. No transfers to options in the NW virtually. But APS seems dead set on it anyway. Because. Reed.

Access to Campbell has long been limited to S. Arlington families. We live in N.A. I would have loved it for my nature/science loving DD but it wasn't an option.

You could have applied but you wouldn't have received transportation if your child got a spot.

^^^ that is "you should NOT have to depend..."

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Anonymous wrote:I'm afraid to say either Campbell or ATS is moving to the NW. It's silly since there is no demand n there. No transfers to options in the NW virtually. But APS seems dead set on it anyway. Because. Reed.

Access to Campbell has long been limited to S. Arlington families. We live in N.A. I would have loved it for my nature/science loving DD but it wasn't an option.

Is it limited? The transfer report shows about a dozen transfers to Campbell from n.a. Elementaries. Is t it actually a case of low demand from north Arlington, for reasons of commute and perceived school quality in comparison to neighborhood schools like Taylor, Nottingham, Tuckahoe, etc?

My DD is now in middle school so I'm just basing it on the info I had at the time of her starting K, but at that point I was told S. Arlington addresses had preference for Campbell. Her ES was fine but she started complaining in K about the lack of science in school (her preschool teachers incorporated a lot of science). It really is a weakness of the curriculum. I hope the "all schools are STEM" actually happens for the benefit of kids going through ES now. You should have to depend on being able to lottery in to a certain school (Campbell) or buying in a particular area (ASFS) to actually have science throughout ES. At the time, Barrett was supposed to be the "science option" for our part of the county but by then it had completely filled with neighborhood kids so it was no longer really an option.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm afraid to say either Campbell or ATS is moving to the NW. It's silly since there is no demand n there. No transfers to options in the NW virtually. But APS seems dead set on it anyway. Because. Reed.

Access to Campbell has long been limited to S. Arlington families. We live in N.A. I would have loved it for my nature/science loving DD but it wasn't an option.

Is it limited? The transfer report shows about a dozen transfers to Campbell from n.a. Elementaries. Is t it actually a case of low demand from north Arlington, for reasons of commute and perceived school quality in comparison to neighborhood schools like Taylor, Nottingham, Tuckahoe, etc?

Anonymous wrote:I'm afraid to say either Campbell or ATS is moving to the NW. It's silly since there is no demand n there. No transfers to options in the NW virtually. But APS seems dead set on it anyway. Because. Reed.

Access to Campbell has long been limited to S. Arlington families. We live in N.A. I would have loved it for my nature/science loving DD but it wasn't an option.

I'm afraid to say either Campbell or ATS is moving to the NW. It's silly since there is no demand n there. No transfers to options in the NW virtually. But APS seems dead set on it anyway. Because. Reed.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, I am sure the parents who paid for that lab will make it go with them.

We contributed and I’m fine to leave it if we get pulled out of the school.

Good.

ATS will like it very much!

Why? It’s just a mural and some storage bins.

I thought it was a ticket to TJ!

If N Arlington wants EL then they need another EL school. Taking it from Campbell to far North would be unconscionable. Feel free to lottery in though...

The 3 NW schools always mentioned are Tuckahoe Nottingham & McKinley. Never Discovery. Weird since it is a nice size for an option. No one mentions Jamestown and it’s 100 walkers. I’d like to hear more about its suitability for EL.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, I am sure the parents who paid for that lab will make it go with them.

We contributed and I’m fine to leave it if we get pulled out of the school.

Good.

ATS will like it very much!

Why? It’s just a mural and some storage bins.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, I am sure the parents who paid for that lab will make it go with them.

We contributed and I’m fine to leave it if we get pulled out of the school.

Good.

ATS will like it very much!