What do you expect from APS staff (option/neighborhood) on 4/30?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Key is two way immersion. That means native English and native Spanish. I think this idea will effectively end one of the immersion schools.

How so? There are more than enough Spanish and English speakers in South Arlington to fill two schools.

Additionally, families in north Arlington who want it badly enough will bus their kids. Right now a number of schools in the northern part of Arlington send their kids to Claremont not Key, so busses will in fact safely cross Rte 50.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love that woman who can write on maps and post on DCUM...seriously impressed. My old self can't do that.

There are at least two of us!

[Anonymous]

I am so sick of all this BS. This whole process is a complete farce. JuSt post the staff's proposed recs and have them write out their complete analysis. Similar to the notice and comment period in federal rulemaking. Then the public should be able to write and respond to the complete document. Such a proposal should discuss down stream effects (eg, ridding NW of a neighborhood school due to reed). FWIW we are not in NW Arlington so no skin in that game but it's just an example of why this while process is bs.

Also if the aps staff screw up the numbers like they did at mcklinley then aps should own it and fix it.

[Anonymous]

I notice they didn't post the questionnaire, does that mean they've abandoned that idea?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where will Key immersion be moved to?

Either Carlin Springs, ATS, or Barcroft.

Makes no sense. They are taking something that is working very well and have decided to ruin it. Who hates immersion so much?

No one. Have you read the analysis or are you simply getting upset? They are advocating that immersion schools should be closer to dense populations of native Spanish speakers. Changes in residential patterns means that you have more pockets of native Spanish elsewhere than in the current Key area, and by moving immersion schools closer you might get more native Spanish participation than if you put it somewhere further from them.

Seems more like rich white people shoving off immersion to s Arlington. Key is in n Arlibgton now and has a good balance. And it was a partial neighborhood school. So that dog won’t hunt.

No, there aren't enough Spanish speakers living near Key. They have to bus them in now. So now it's the rich white people's turn to get on a bus. Key will still be a more economically diverse school, though, just because there are some CAFs in the R-B corridor. ASFS could be pretty diverse, too. But the families currently there will mostly get rezoned to Key.

[Anonymous]

LOL. This is what they get for dropping something like this without a meeting to at least explain/justify their process.

I def downloaded & saved that xls.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where will Key immersion be moved to?

Either Carlin Springs, ATS, or Barcroft.

Makes no sense. They are taking something that is working very well and have decided to ruin it. Who hates immersion so much?

No one. Have you read the analysis or are you simply getting upset? They are advocating that immersion schools should be closer to dense populations of native Spanish speakers. Changes in residential patterns means that you have more pockets of native Spanish elsewhere than in the current Key area, and by moving immersion schools closer you might get more native Spanish participation than if you put it somewhere further from them.

Seems more like rich white people shoving off immersion to s Arlington. Key is in n Arlibgton now and has a good balance. And it was a partial neighborhood school. So that dog won’t hunt.

No, there aren't enough Spanish speakers living near Key. They have to bus them in now. So now it's the rich white people's turn to get on a bus. Key will still be a more economically diverse school, though, just because there are some CAFs in the R-B corridor. ASFS could be pretty diverse, too. But the families currently there will mostly get rezoned to Key.

Key is now an option school and will fill up just fine. I imagine there are numerous Spanish speakers in the Rosslyn Courthouse area. Rich folk won’t stop until north Arlington is eve whiter.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone compared the School Level Details, School Level Details (2) and Sheet 9 tabs for any substantive differences? I've only been skimming but have't seen anything significant, just some rearranging of data lines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where will Key immersion be moved to?

Either Carlin Springs, ATS, or Barcroft.

Makes no sense. They are taking something that is working very well and have decided to ruin it. Who hates immersion so much?

No one. Have you read the analysis or are you simply getting upset? They are advocating that immersion schools should be closer to dense populations of native Spanish speakers. Changes in residential patterns means that you have more pockets of native Spanish elsewhere than in the current Key area, and by moving immersion schools closer you might get more native Spanish participation than if you put it somewhere further from them.

Seems more like rich white people shoving off immersion to s Arlington. Key is in n Arlibgton now and has a good balance. And it was a partial neighborhood school. So that dog won’t hunt.

No, there aren't enough Spanish speakers living near Key. They have to bus them in now. So now it's the rich white people's turn to get on a bus. Key will still be a more economically diverse school, though, just because there are some CAFs in the R-B corridor. ASFS could be pretty diverse, too. But the families currently there will mostly get rezoned to Key.

I don’t think enough rich white folk will get on the bus. So whatever school it moves to will be 75 percent native Spanish speakers. The champagne must be popping in, well, I won’t say it.

[Anonymous]

In which case, that data would support a premise that those Arlingtonians value neighborhood schools over lottery ones unless they are highly conveniently located. ESOL is in all schools so this is not about throwing out the Spanish speakers.

[Anonymous]

Did anyone get a School Talk email announcing that the analysis had been posted? I didn't, and I'm wondering if they're just going to skip that step so as to not call any further attention to it than necessary.

[Anonymous]

I've looked at that spreadsheet for April 12. Honestly, I'm not outraged. They were very clear that they were identifying schools they thought would be better fits as option sites. Everyone knew they were already thinking about what could go where. They only said over and over that spanish immersion needed to be near native Spanish speakers.

And now we should give them credit. They have CHANGED their thinking after listening to the principals and delving further into the transportation issues. ASFS is no longer on the list to become an immersion school. And I read the current analysis as leaning towards putting the second immersion in S. Arlington and leaving ATS where it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where will Key immersion be moved to?

Either Carlin Springs, ATS, or Barcroft.

Makes no sense. They are taking something that is working very well and have decided to ruin it. Who hates immersion so much?

No one. Have you read the analysis or are you simply getting upset? They are advocating that immersion schools should be closer to dense populations of native Spanish speakers. Changes in residential patterns means that you have more pockets of native Spanish elsewhere than in the current Key area, and by moving immersion schools closer you might get more native Spanish participation than if you put it somewhere further from them.

Seems more like rich white people shoving off immersion to s Arlington. Key is in n Arlibgton now and has a good balance. And it was a partial neighborhood school. So that dog won’t hunt.

No, there aren't enough Spanish speakers living near Key. They have to bus them in now. So now it's the rich white people's turn to get on a bus. Key will still be a more economically diverse school, though, just because there are some CAFs in the R-B corridor. ASFS could be pretty diverse, too. But the families currently there will mostly get rezoned to Key.

Not all of the white families at Key are rich, you clueless fake lefty hypocrite.

[Anonymous]

Another thing to consider is the N. Arlington schools already have a much lower transfer rate than S. Arlington schools.

I need to see any draft maps before jumping all over S. Arlington shouldn't have more option programs.

And they should have collected information from option applicants on their neighborhood school. That would help in the county wide lottery system to see where they are coming from this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where will Key immersion be moved to?

Either Carlin Springs, ATS, or Barcroft.

Makes no sense. They are taking something that is working very well and have decided to ruin it. Who hates immersion so much?

No one. Have you read the analysis or are you simply getting upset? They are advocating that immersion schools should be closer to dense populations of native Spanish speakers. Changes in residential patterns means that you have more pockets of native Spanish elsewhere than in the current Key area, and by moving immersion schools closer you might get more native Spanish participation than if you put it somewhere further from them.

Seems more like rich white people shoving off immersion to s Arlington. Key is in n Arlibgton now and has a good balance. And it was a partial neighborhood school. So that dog won’t hunt.

No, there aren't enough Spanish speakers living near Key. They have to bus them in now. So now it's the rich white people's turn to get on a bus. Key will still be a more economically diverse school, though, just because there are some CAFs in the R-B corridor. ASFS could be pretty diverse, too. But the families currently there will mostly get rezoned to Key.

I don’t think enough rich white folk will get on the bus. So whatever school it moves to will be 75 percent native Spanish speakers. The champagne must be popping in, well, I won’t say it.

You mean, among the bleach blond Lululemon wearing crowd?