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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the link from last year, interesting that all Spanish speakers got in - zero waitlist. The waitlist is for non-Spanish speakers.[/quote]

Yep.  What they’re not saying out loud when they talk about the high demand for immersion is that it’s really high demand for immersion from non-spanish speakers.  There isn’t enough demand for it from spanish-speakers around Key to allow the program to grow without giving up on the 50/50 model entirely, so the best bet for expanding it to accommodate all the non-spanish speaking demand is to move it to a place where it might attract more spanish speakers.[/quote]

Geography isn’t the only reason there isn’t waitlist for native Spanish speakers. APS doesn’t do nearly enough to promote immersion in every community. It would be interesting to see how many FRL eligible families apply to any of the lotteries. I know there’s a belief that the lottery is a great equalizer, and I’m sure that’s true for the families with the knowledge and resources to apply. [/quote]

Agree, but geography is the big reason. Proximity to native Spanish speakers is critical. The program began at Key over 30 years ago because there were a lot of Spanish speakers in the neighborhood. Back then, the goal was to attract English speakers to the school. Time to move keys immersion program to carlin Springs and reboot.[/quote]
No, move it to ATS and Claremont immersion to Carlin Springs.[/quote]
So I don’t think they can make Claremont into a neighborhood school without redoing boundaries in south Arlington and potentially moving the same unit twice.  
But they could do ats to Claremont and immersion at ats and calling springs.  [/quote]

South arlington will need another elementary school in the Oakridge area.  Opening Claremont up for a neighborhood school would help eliminate the urgency of building a new school in that area.  ATS can be eliminated entirely as a program.  [/quote]

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