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Most of Claremont immersion is people escaping underperforming schools not a drive for immersion. Many kids are in Key b/c it is their neighborhood school and just easier for the parents. And it’s popular for parents that speak Spanish since it caters to them; we have a large Mongolian population too, should we build a program that just caters to them?  We don’t have the space or luxury for immersion where it is now, unclear if there is space anywhere for that full population [/quote]

You really have no basis to make that statement.  Key has 92 students from Long Branch and 82 from Taylor.  Not their neighborhood school.

Claremont has the most from Abingdon- which is not surprising b/c its neighborhood is zoned Abingdon.  Its next largest number is 90 from Oakridge- which is not an underperforming school.  [/quote]

AVoiding the surrounding elementaries isn't the only reason, but it is certainly a factor. Aren't students in the abingdon zone guaranteed admission to Claremont. And a few years ago, at least, Abingdon was seen by people in Fairligton as an underperforming school. Oakridge is just plain crowded, so that's prob a factor there.[/quote]

So basically the main factor in families choosing Immersion is to get away from an elementary school? Then how do you explain the Oakridge to Claremont dynamic? If you only care about rankings, Oakridge is a 7 and Claremont a 5. Oh right, then it must be because Oakridge is overcrowded. Except that Claremont has 750 kids jammed into a school built for less than 600. Why is it so hard to believe a lot of families choose Immersion for ...Immersion.  [/quote]

No, I didn't say it was the "main factor", as my quote shows, I said it was "a factor." It is. [/quote]

And another factor is that parents may want to send their kids to an integrated school, any school, with the curriculum of secondary concern. In Arlington, the schools that are actually integrated by race and economic status are largely option schools. The others are much more segregated (either all rich and mostly white, or largely hispanic and poorer). The few that aren't you'd better have the coin to buy a house in the 800k range.[/quote]

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