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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Native Spanish speaker here - APS is really wrong in thinking that moving the immersion schools close to Latino families will make the families apply for the school. Many immigrant families want their kids in English speaking schools because they think it is best for their kids. Claremont is not far from Columbia Pike, it is a quick bus ride. Distance isn't the issue here, but alas this SB doesn't always listen. [/quote]

I hope this is something the staff questionnaire will get at, because if this is a widely-held sentiment, maybe we don't need two immersion schools and part of the solution needs to be consolidating Key and Claremont into a single program to make room for another neighborhood school. Just turn Key neighborhood, move the immersion school to Carlin Springs, let Ashlawn pick up a lot of Carlin Springs to create more balance there, and then rework the boundaries in South Arlington and around Long Branch to balance things as much as possible. Realistically, we can't get around the fact that South Arlington schools as a whole have a 49% FARMS rate and there's only so far you can bus people into North Arlington to change that, but that doesn't mean you can't make the spread across South Arlington schools any better than 58 points (83% at Carlin Springs vs. 25% at Oakridge).[/quote]

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