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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did anyone see the analysis sheet up on the aps engage site?   Looks like the key map is actually cheaper than the proposal.  I support the moves, but honestly if I was a school board member, I would be questioning it at this point.[/quote]

Can you point me to this cost “analysis”?[/quote]

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Quantitative-Comparison-of-APS-School-Moves-Scenarios-v1.pdf

It’s not really clear who made it. Also, it’s not indicating no moves, just picking a different target. I think it looks like a McKinley product.[/quote]

Got it. So, nothing truly new and based on the parent-created maps and a guess of what the APS boundary map would look like if a move were to happen.

Also, please stop telling lies that the Welcome Center is purposely not directing Spanish speaking families to immersion to drive down Key’s numbers, like it’s some evil conspiracy to make the move look like a better idea. Why would that employee want to do that? What benefit could that person possibly receive that would make such nefarious and devious behavior worth it? [/quote]

Are they going to cover this chart in today's webinar? Curious to hear the APS staff address this... 
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It looks like APS staff created that chart -- the thing that is surprising is the boundary change only scenario looking so good.  This combined building on Buck (which has been estimated really low, I think less than 10 million) makes it seem like they really don't need to move immersion.  
I'm a big proponent of the move and part of me thinks that we should just bite the bullet here, but I really do feel like staff dug in early on (maybe because of mcCrazy) and its possible that there are better solutions that we aren't seeing because we aren't all working as a team.  The posts here about how they are moving walkers from Key to Long Branch or ASF has me really concerned that the proposal map is just based off of nothing.  [/quote]

I don’t think that’s staff created. The posts here about walkers to Key or ASFS are just guesses, and early skirmishes in the boundary wars to come. The truth is that not everyone is going to be able to be zoned to their closest school. That’s life, the boundary has to be drawn somewhere. But APS staff thinks they can do a better job of it *if* they move the schools they have proposed. Looking at the various community maps, I think they are correct.

Also, what I have heard is that building on Buck, for a school, is not going to happen. It’s only less expensive if they just retrofit the current buildings with very minimal updates, and a school would still have to share the site with the county for its uses (light industrial). Do you know any Arlington parents who’d find this acceptable for 3-5 graders? I don’t. Also, the county is not really interested in the site being used for a school, certainly not exclusively, nor is APS, given its proximity to existing schools. Upper/lower is not being considered at this time. [/quote]

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