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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If any part of the goal of moving key is to get it near more Spanish speakers, moving it to ats would not help much. Near Buckingham, but Barrett is right next door. Parents will chose Barrett.

Barcroft or Carlin springs would work. Ideally, move Claremont and key to both of those locations. Barcroft will have lots of buses deep into a neighborhood, but it already has buses of kids coming across Columbia pike.

Divide up the poverty along the pike among several schools and maybe there will be some chance at schools with less than 50% frl. The county needs to focus and recruit kids along the pike to go to these schools. If those poor kids come out of school literate in 2 languages, they have a great advantage that will help them in education and getting good paying jobs.
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There are two buses that go to Barcroft.  If you've ever witnessed them trying to turn out of the drive back onto Wakefield, you know it is not particularly conducive to buses.  Also, there is very little parking and residents already loan staff parking passes for the nearby streets which are permit parking.  It is not a suitable site for a choice program and families from all over driving for events.  Carlin Springs has much more space and maneuverability for buses and cars.

Barcroft is also a very highly walkable and walked-to school.

Immersion at ATS would still help draw Spanish-fluent families, especially if APS actually reached out to them and encouraged them to apply.  It's also situated so that it would draw the English-speaking families.  Coupled with immersion at Carlin Springs and boundaries crossing Route 50, meaningful dents in the concentrations of poverty at Carlin Springs and Barcroft could happen. [/quote]

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