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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of two Key alums here and close neighbor to ASFS (whose kids were not able to go to there, despite our house abutting the ASFS "campus").  Key is probably in the most "urban" location of any elementary school in Arlington (with Henry and Drew not far behind).  Moving Key to the ASFS building would impact its accessibility by public transportation, which might impact the lower income population it currently serves.  Its not clear to me that Key necessarily has to become a neighborhood school.   Putting a crossing guard on Kirkwood Road would allow all of Lyon Village to walk to ASFS.[/quote]

Low income families don't get generally live in fancy condos abutting metro stations, so they would be taking a bus or two and then transferring to metro -- hardly easy.  And that would only be in case where they need extended day.

It would make more sense to move immersion to a less walkable neighborhood, since it can't get be a neighborhood school, and bus all the kids.  Kids that are in extended day at immersion should have the option to bus to the extended day at their OWN neighborhood school which is likely is walkable or a simple transit ride from their home.

Very few kids walk from Lyon Village to ASFS now -- its pretty far and does involve crossing a major road.  Most of LV is over 1/2 mile from the school; parents are just not investing the 30 minutes that walk can take with their kids, and kids can't walk alone until they are 5th grade. [/quote]

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