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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What happens to ASFS? Theoretically it's not a neighborhood school but rather an options school for students who are in boundary for 3 schools and after that for the entire county?[/quote]

So Key/ASFS is a zone with two option schools and NO neighborhood school. ASFS is the defacto neighborhood school because it is the most mainstream program. What are they thinking in terms of this zone?[/quote]

Under this vision the whole 'team' thing in that part of the county goes away.  There really is no reason that this little area of the county should have some exclusive school options.  Key becomes just a immersion option program for one half of the county while Claremont is the immersion option for the other half of the county (and the "halfs" area East/West, not North/South).  They suggested that all neighborhood schools would have as a default a "STEAM" instructional model since the usual description of the STEAM model is all things they would want all ES kids to get -- problem solving, creativity, innovation, emphasis on science, math and arts, along with literacy of course.  So ASFS becomes a neighborhood school with nothing particularly unique about its instructional focus.

Each half of the county would have an immersion option and an IB option plus the countywide options for Montessori and ATS.  However, they have completely overlooked the fact that Campbell is also a unique program.[/quote]
Yea, I thought this was confusing -- it looked like ASFS was going to become the neighborhood school for the current ASFS/Key district.  Only strange thing about that is that ASFS is not actually in the district where it is the neighborhood school.  [/quote]

So if ASFS becomes the neighborhood school and Key continues to be immersion, shouldn't the programs switch buildings? Then there is a neighborhood school in the Key zone and the immersion program continues on at the current ASFS site.[/quote]
One of the pps, I totally agree.  Not really sure it would affect the kids much other than I think asfs might have some slightly newer labs (never been inside key though so I have no idea).[/quote]

Key pulls from all over the county so its current location is great b/c kids can commute by metro bus, metro rail, and ART, in addition to the traditional, walk, drive or school bus options.  Moving it could complicate access for many families who take advantage of the public transportation options.

Also I believe Key has 150 to 200 more students than ASFS.  It is already bursting at the seams so moving it to a smaller school doesn't see like a viable option. [/quote]
Asfs is less than a mile from two metro stations so don't think this would have a big effect.  We are zoned for key but went to asfs to avoid immersion-- I'm not sure how they can turn asfs into a neighborhood school without massively drawing the zoning lines.  There would be at least three planning units that are currently Taylor that would have to get moved because they are in between the current asfs zoned area and where asfs is located.  Maybe that's the plan though,[/quote]

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