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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are all you white people seriously talking about what “Spanish speaking “ families will or will not do?
Do you see how racist this is? Any chance you are interested in asking the Key families or are you planning to rely on the website made by ASFS supporters posing as Key supporters?

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What on earth makes you think everyone on DCUM is "White?" Do I need to write in Spanish in order to post here so that you all know I am a native Spanish speaker? Do I need to identify myself? Oh, and btw, Spanish speakers come in all different colors so the seemingly "White" person you passed on the street may just be "Spanish speaking."

As a Spanish speaker, I completely support keeping Key where it is. There are lots of Spanish-speakers around the area now and more to come as APAH continues to build more low income housing in the neighborhood. Not that all Spanish speakers are poor - they are not. In fact, I dare to say as a former Claremont parent that many well off Spanish speaking families chose these schools because they recognize the value in having their kids literate in Spanish. All of these kids will end up bilingual because they have no choice if they live here. The value is that they can read and write in Spanish, which is culturally important and helpful in the job world. These well off Spanish speaking families were very active at Claremont and I know of several at Key now. What a great thing to have in school - other Spanish speaking kids and parents who have achieved the American dream. A cohort demonstrating that as an immigrant you can have economic mobility and are not set for a life of poverty.

The lack of Spanish speakers at Key and Claremont isn't so much the distance from the families, it is APS' lack of outreach. When my kid was at Claremont, we repeatedly told that to APS that they need to sell the benefits of a bilingual education to immigrant families who want their kids to learn English and may not want the hassle of dealing with a bus. Make it worth their while.... Until they do that, families who are struggling to make a life here have no incentive to send their kids to another school outside their neighborhood.

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