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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah that rate is way too low. It doesn’t include farms kids from immersion that stay at new Key either from what I can tell.[/quote]

OMG. Yep sure it doesn’t. So Title 1 school. Is that by design?[/quote]

They aren’t consolidating poor kids on purpose. If they were they would throw Woodbury park in there just for fun. It’s because the choice is either to have a high FARMS rate school at Key or to send kids from Rosslyn to Taylor. There aren’t any other options unless we are going to try to work out some upper/lower school situation with ASFS.[/quote]
They could send kids from Rosslyn to long branch.  They could also send the kids from Ashlawn (the Ashlawn tail) to taylor, and have asfs take more of Rosslyn.  Or send the Ashlawn tail to long branch and have asfs take more of Rosslyn.
Or they could do an upper/lower school— which I’ve heard most people express support of.  
There are lots of options.  Aps is too stubborn to do anything even remotely efficiently.  Two years from now they will say they can’t balance demographics at key because they don’t want to move any of the planning units that are at key since they just moved them.  Ridiculous![/quote]

Long Branch isn’t really an option because they are already relatively higher FARMs (moving Rosslyn there would just make them 50% instead) and will need to absorb the new Red Cross development when it comes online https://newsroom.arlingtonva.us/release/former-red-cross-headquarters-site-to-be-redeveloped/

Sending the Ashlawn tail to Taylor isn’t any better than Rosslyn. It’s the same situation of an urban walkable area going to an inaccessible school.

Upper/lower is the only somewhat viable option and they obviously aren’t going to make that happen on a tight timeframe. The choice is Rosslyn to Taylor or New Key as high FARMs.
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Isn’t that development in the Barrett walk zone?  I’m really disappointed by how we are ok with bussing walkers during a historic budget shortfall.[/quote]

Yes, it is in the walk zone for Barrett, which is currently full and also already has a 60% FARMs rate. I guess it could go to Barrett if we want that school to be 70%+ FARMs. [/quote]

Does it make things more segregated? And protect the wealthy neighborhoods’ home values? Then yes, that is what they’ll do. Welcome to APS! [/quote]

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