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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]

I think that PP absolutely has a basis.  Proximity matters to parents. Some students zoned to Taylor are practically walking distance to Key, the Long Branch zone is adjacent as well.  As far as Claremont- you wrote yourself that the largest block of attendees are Abington, they live right there. And Claremont started out gaining popularity when a lot of people chose it to get away from their neighborhood school. Self segregation to a more engaged parent body. 
And as far as Oakridge - again the zone is adjacent, secondly, Oakridge has been overcrowded with 6K classes for a long, long time, before Claremont became crowded.  You are likely to stay at a school, once you are there, with younger siblings that enter the system.[/quote]

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