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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The vast majority of people who want Immersion do so to avoid sub-par neighborhood schools, hence why so many non-native on the waitlist.[/quote]

That's certainly a common belief, particularly amongst those who are (depending on your perspective) either hostile to immersion or not in favor of immersion.  I don't know if there is any data to support or refute this hypothesis.[/quote]

People love to say this, but it hasn’t been my experience at Key at all. The non-native Spanish speaking families I know all chose Key because they value immersion. Many are zoned for “good” schools like Taylor yet chose Key. [/quote]

No one is going to admit that to other school parents :roll:

But the vast majority of Key and Long Branch families live closer to Key than their ‘Neighborhood’ school.

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No one zoned for long branch is actually closer to key.  You need to look at a map troll.[/quote]

I posted a map two pages ago

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ESZones_Letter_2018_web.pdf

North of Pershing many PUs would be closer to Key than far south LB

If you commute by metro, Key would be a huge boon.

Sorry you can’t be bother to actually look at the map I posted before calling people names. 
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You should look more closely at your map.  The closest long branch planning unit to key are the ones immediately south of rocky run.  The Corner of Barton and 9th street is 0.7 miles to long branch and 0.8 to key according to google maps walking directions.  No one west of wash boulevard currently zoned long branch could be closer to key than long branch.  
Yes the proximity to metro is a huge boon, but I doubt people are basing their choices around being close to the metro when they are over a mile walk.  
I really doubt any of the transfers from that area are walking with young kids over a mile.  [/quote]

My point is if there was widespread demand for immersion, it would be more geographically distributed among the feeder schools.

As far as commuting, for many PUs Key would be a clear advantage over likely backtracking to Taylor or LB for many commutes, given where they are located at far edge of their own boundaries.  That is likely a much larger driver for Key attendance than latent Immersion, and would explain why those two schools dominate attendance [/quote]

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