Jacksonville Area Question

[gatorman-uf]

What is going on at Wolfson? They used to be a 2000 person school, they were highly competitive in boys basketball because of the stability at the coaching position.

I know that Atlantic Coast was supposed to relieve overcrowding, but I thought the overcrowding was a little at Wolfson, and mostly at Mandarin, Englewood, and Sandalwood. Any reason for the cutting of Wolfson's population by 2/3 over the past 16 years. Englewood's population has remained stable and Atlantic Coast's population has increased since they opened but not by that much.

    Wolfson
2002    2064
2003    2033
2004    2034
2005    1838
2006    1900
2007    1881
2008    1860
2009    1780
2010    1639
2011    1493
2012    1405
2013    1288
2014    1241
2015    1110
2016    945
2017    786
2018    721
 

[Jags904]

5 hours ago, gatorman-uf said:

What is going on at Wolfson? They used to be a 2000 person school, they were highly competitive in boys basketball because of the stability at the coaching position.

I know that Atlantic Coast was supposed to relieve overcrowding, but I thought the overcrowding was a little at Wolfson, and mostly at Mandarin, Englewood, and Sandalwood. Any reason for the cutting of Wolfson's population by 2/3 over the past 16 years. Englewood's population has remained stable and Atlantic Coast's population has increased since they opened but not by that much.

    Wolfson
2002    2064
2003    2033
2004    2034
2005    1838
2006    1900
2007    1881
2008    1860
2009    1780
2010    1639
2011    1493
2012    1405
2013    1288
2014    1241
2015    1110
2016    945
2017    786
2018    721
 

The school is becoming an IB/magnet school. Therefore, they are reducing the size of the school and kids who can’t make the grades are being forced to go elsewhere. 

I have already seen the student demographics change. 

[DarterBlue2]

7 hours ago, Jags904 said:

The school is becoming an IB/magnet school. Therefore, they are reducing the size of the school and kids who can’t make the grades are being forced to go elsewhere. 

I have already seen the student demographics change. 

Interesting. The IB schools in the Orlando area, aren't exclusively so. The IB kids typically make up a 1/4 or less of the overall enrollment. Winter Park and Seminole come to mind. 

[Jags904]

2 hours ago, DarterBlue2 said:

Interesting. The IB schools in the Orlando area, aren't exclusively so. The IB kids typically make up a 1/4 or less of the overall enrollment. Winter Park and Seminole come to mind. 

That’s how St Johns County & Clay are as well. Duval has found success with the magnet only school model though