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[quote=Anonymous]No, all the Spanish speaking, low income kids that live at the southern part of the boundary will not all go to an immersion at Barcroft. Some go to Claremont now, but immigrant families tend to want their kids in an all English speaking school (as do non-immigrant families). There is very little outreach to the Spanish speaking community now, and I have heard little about changing how APS does things. Will some parents opt for Barcroft as immersion, sure. Will that ensure there are more Spanish speakers? No. Not unless the county comes in and makes them apply, or educates them on the benefits of immersion. And even if they do apply, there is no preference for the neighborhood so they have to get in line.

Those kids who do not get into Barcroft (and they cannot all get in, not even close) would then have to take a bus to Randolph - yes low income kids who are walkers will become bused kids. Nice, huh.

The UMC kids will continue to choice out, some to immersion, because Randolph is not walkable and considered even more challenged than Barcroft. If they neighborhood is split up and the northern edge goes to Barrett, they will no longer be walkers either, because walkers cannot cross route 50.

So, let's make an entire walkable neighborhood now take the bus, especially lower income kids. A large percentage of kids do choice out of Barcroft, but a large number do not - enough to fill the school. Only recently, Barcroft was one of the most overcrowded schools in the county.

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