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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And all those kids would have to buses because they can't walk across the Pike. What makes more sense is to move Immersion to Carlin Springs, because it's just not walkable and never will be, and turn Claremont back into a neighborhood school. Really, there will be hundreds of kids in the Frederick Street development and they can't all be bused into Barcroft. They could be walkers to Claremont if it were a neighborhood school. [/quote]

Similar to Tuckahoe, CS could make sense if you look at it as a not very walkable school.  However, Carlin Springs is unique in the way that it provides a huge amount of wrap around support services to its low income population that would be lost if those kids were dispersed to other schools.  [/quote]

Tuckahoe is very attractive as an option school because it has close Metro Rail and frequent Metro Bus / Art along Lee highway.[/quote]

But what option?  The ATS is already even less walkable and more centrally located, immersion doesn’t make a lot of sense there compared to locations with a nearby Spanish speaking population, and the school board said they aren’t considering new option schools, although they would consider moving them.  [/quote]

I actually think that the ATS location probably has as many spanish speaking families as the current Key location.  Its all the families zoned for Barrett, which is literally 4 blocks from ATS down George Mason Dr.  No, they wouldn't be walkers to ATS, but they are not walkers to Key either.  However, the reason they are not walking to either location is busy roads.  This is less of an issue for adults- in the same way that the parents can cross Wilson Blvd in Courthouse, they can also cross Wilson Blvd at ATS.

I am really warming to Key to ATS, and ATS to Tuckahoe.[/quote]

DP, but I agree. I've been so focused on one-to-one switches between neighborhood and option locations, the idea of a multi-school swap like this didn't occur to me. It's a very interesting solution.[/quote]

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