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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I attended the last meeting at Yorktown. Still smh at half the stuff I heard. One guy literally yelled out, &quot;I don't care about any of this! The only thing that matters is that my daughter doesn't have to go to Washington-Lee with 4,000 kids!!&quot; Another lady says, with a straight face, &quot;You cannot open up Key to the entire county! We go to Science Focus, and we NEED that school to relieve our overcrowding! Have you seen what's happening at Taylor and SFS? We have to have 3 neighborhood schools!!&quot;

&quot;We have to have 3 neighborhood schools.&quot; Basically, I don't care about immersion. I don't really care about any of the children at Key. They only exist to relieve overcrowding at my kid's school. And the W-L guy? Basically told us if thousands of other kids in the county have to get stuffed into trailers and closets for his daughter to experience a pristine high school experience ...well, it is what it is.

Is anyone paying attention to the demographic trends? We live in Arlington. Outside of Discovery and maybe a couple others, every school is on track to be overcrowded. We all chose to live in a geographically small, fairly urban suburb that's continuing to grow. There won't be anywhere to ship all these &quot;other&quot; kids so &quot;your&quot; school is untouched by these facts. [/quote]

Well, but this lady indirectly hit the nail on the head; [b]the current policy serves only to self-segregate non-English speaking Hispanics out of the more &quot;precious schools&quot;[/b] close by, so that they have less freshly immigrated Hispanic kids.  She said it, and that's exactly what it is right now.
The county has got to mix up the demographics at each school, and the proposal is a step in the right direction.[/quote]

Huh? Currently, kids in the Key/ASFS boundary zone can choose either school. They aren't forced to go to Key at all. The only restriction is that after 1st grade only bilingual kids can transfer to Key. Everyone at Key is choosing to be at Key.

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Self segregation in that sense meaning that a large number of Hispanic families are, of course, happily, choosing Key, and thus, less of them are going to ASF, and less of them are ending up at the other nearby elementaries (via Hispanics choosing Key over their neighborhood).[/quote]

So if they are happy they will still likely try to go to Key? Maybe some won't get in if demand increases? I'm not understanding why this is an issue. They are at a school they love and are doing well. What's the problem?

FWIW, ASFS has ~20% FARMS if I'm remembering correctly. It's not as &quot;elite&quot; as other schools - if that's how you're measuring it. 
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Here is the link to FARMS stats --&gt; https://www.apsva.us/statistics/free-and-reduced-price-meals/

ASFS is around 20%. 7 schools have less FARMS than ASFS. Out of 23 schools, 11 schools have a third or more of their population with FARMS.[/quote]

Ok...and? It's closer to the county FARMS average (30%) than many other schools. I would hardly call it "precious".

And what's the issue with Hispanic kids going to Key, liking it, and doing well there? 
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