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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Key is two way immersion.  That means native English and native Spanish.   I think this idea will effectively end one of the immersion schools.[/quote]

There is plenty of demand from parents who want their kids to learn Spanish.  So APS will have no problem filling 2 schools when they are close to the native speakers.  Time to get on the Bus.[/quote]

Time for north arlingtonians to choose immersion.  Not to “consider” it.  Not to be “tempted by the gift of two languages.”  But to actually choose it.  Doubt that will happen more often following the whites’ recolonization of Key.[/quote]

If you put the pieces of Key zone back together by adding kids who transfer to ASFS to the neighborhood kids at Key (using transfer report https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Transfer-Report-2016-17.pdf), this is what it looks like:

Asian	        137	17.34%
Black 	88	11.14%
Hispanic	220	27.85%
Other	70	8.86%
White	275	34.81%
Total	        790	
		
Disadvantaged?		
N	473	59.87%
Y	317	40.13%

Are you really saying that isn't a diverse school?
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Key is very diverse.  ASFS is not.[/quote]

So Key will become a neighborhood school, and ASFS will transform into a true neighborhood school.  Kind of evens up the ledger, where Key parents could buy into either Key Immersion or ASFS, where as the ASFS true walk zone is bused to inconvenient Taylor.  We've enjoyed Taylor, but this type of fix might get things back to normal and we can actually get to know many more of our neighbors.[/quote]

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