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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Key is ES, though.  How many ES kids are getting to/from school by metro?  They certainly are not traveling alone. [/quote]

They are not alone.  I see kids get off the metro and the bus all the time. 
We can't discount the number of lower income families who go to Key. It is much higher than ASF. Remember Key pulls from North and South Arlington.  For some of these families school bus times may not work.   I get that the times aren't ideal for everyone but lower income families are less likely to have cars and/or work hour flexibility. Being able to use public transportation is a big plus.

ASF being less than a mile from 2 metro stations is not the same as Key being 2-3 blocks from the metro and several bus lines.

We are walkers to Key and I metro to work so I see a fair share of kids who commute using public transportation. With their parents of course. 
Stats on this would be helpful as this is just my personal observation over  3 years.

For the PP who asked about transfer out stats, I don't think these exist. The current zone is Key/ASF you go to one or the other. You don't have to opt out of Key to go to ASF.

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The stats do exist in the transfer report.  http://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Transfer-Report-2015-16.pdf

The Key zone sent 462 students to ASFS during the 2015-16 school year. Of these transfers, of these transfers, 113 were of "disadvantaged" status. Key, on the other hand, had 282 in zone students attend  (673 total minus 391 transfers in). Of the 391 transfers into Key, 110 were disadvantaged. Key is sending as many disadvantaged kids to ASFS as are coming in with transfers. I get that you want to keep your walkable Key with your preferred program. I want to have a walkable Key as a normal neighborhood school. These are our respective biases and I think both positions are understandable. The numbers appear to show that there are more in the Key zone that want a more mainstream curriculum than those who want immersion as indicated by the 462 transferring to ASFS vs the 282 staying at Key. [/quote]

Yes, but there are also plenty more "disadvantaged" status kids coming to Key from other neighborhoods, and they are the ones who need the close-in bus and Metro access (walking 3 blocks with elementary school kids is quite different than walking 'less than a mile').[/quote]

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