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[quote] Neighborhood Key will be integrated because of the neighborhood, Immersion at ATS will be integrated because of the location and program, and ATS at McKinley will be waaay more diverse than neighborhood McKinley. Moving schools creates an additional diverse neighborhood school vs no moves.[/quote]

Escuela Key is already diverse, ATS is already diverse. [b]Drawing boundaries across Rt 50 could make McKinley diverse.[/b] No need to do this "lego block" shuffling and move 3 schools in the process.

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No, it won’t. This is how I know you’re a NA parent. Do you even know how far S those boundaries would have to go to get any kids who aren’t UMC? Past Campbell ES, 8 city blocks S of Rt. 50. And, you’d have to bypass the entirety of PUs around Kenmore and N of Campbell, because there isn’t any income diversity there. If it were this simple, staff would’ve done it long ago (look at their representative map, is that a reasonable boundary?!?). Same problems exist as you move E along Rt. 50. The neighborhoods just south of Rt. 50 are some of the higher income PUs in SA. You can’t scoop them up and send them N without negatively affecting the income diversity for SA neighborhood schools. If anything, you’d need to send NA kids just N of 50 to SA in order to move towards more similar demographics, with the exception of the PUs in and around Buckingham. [/quote]

I agree. Also, did you hear all the crying about how there's no bus service to McKinley so lower income ATS parents wouldn't be able to make it there? Is that somehow NOT a problem if the McKinley neighborhood boundary is drawn way down to scoop up some of the low income western Pike units? GTF out of here. Bunch of hypocrites. [/quote]

Yes. If transportation is the issue, forcing kids with that issue to attend a school there is far more inequitable than giving people a choice. For what it’s worth, I do not think ATS will have any fewer VPI applicants. If they now will have the space to accept more VPI students, this is a great thing. Perhaps the county can look at the Patrick Henry apartments and see if there are any opportunities for their AH partners to redevelop housing for more low income families, allowing them to live closer to the school. [/quote]

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