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Achievable Dream proposes expanding transportation zone to boost enrollment; board to consider in March
Summary
Achievable Dream and Virginia Beach school officials pitched expanding bus zones into specific neighborhoods to add roughly 60 students and meet a minimum enrollment threshold; expansion would increase annual transportation costs by an estimated $130,000 to $150,000 and return to the board for action March 11.
School officials and representatives from the nonprofit Achievable Dream told the School Board of the City of Virginia Beach on Feb. 25 that expanding transportation into targeted neighborhoods could add students to the program, strengthen retention and help the program meet previously agreed enrollment thresholds.
Matt Delaney, chief schools officer for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, and Miss Amasa Andes, chief strategy officer for Achievable Dream, described the organization’s K–12 model and its local history. Achievable Dream began in Newport News in 1992 and added a Virginia Beach presence in 2014; the program operates K–5 at SeaTac Elementary and 6–12 at Lynn Haven Middle/High School.
Dr. Walter Brower, senior executive director of high schools, said the program currently enrolls 671 students (about 69 percent of the…
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