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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s just not enough room in ASFS for Key.  So I have no idea what will happen.[/quote]

Obviously we need changes but not sure how they are going to handle this unless they drastically shrink the Key program. [/quote]

Well if they do nothing, ASFS is currently zoned for MORE students than attend key (800+) b/c they removed the lottery preference. 
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It is going to take a few years for it to play out.  It's not like all the existing Key students are going to be thrown out and the entire school shifts to full lottery with no neighborhood preferences.  Siblings will also remain.  I really don't think there will be a mass exodus of existing families who are already invested in the program and the school community, should it swap with ASFS.  It will start with kindergarten - just kindergarten.  And since it is a choice program, the admissions can be controlled.  [/quote]

Controlling the population of students in immersion, without neighborhood preference, will have negligible impact on the overcrowded school system that is now the "neighborhood" school population of Key.  No way around it.  It used to feed essentially 1.5 schools (450 at ASFS, 300 at Key).

Saying to wait a few years is folly, as they are drawing the plans now for when Reed opens in 2021 -- so will they go back to the boundary bucket in 2023 when the Key neighborhood school is at critical mass?[/quote]

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