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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only high school will be rezoned according to the presentations and live discussions.  If you had a kid in middle school, that might be worth considering, but younger kids have 10+ years before it matters.  You are more likely to move in ten years again anyways.[/quote]

so the elementary schools are all maintaining their boundaries? i read in a thread somewhere that parents were concerned about their ES kids being bussed away from their neighborhood school TO others further away? or maybe i misunderstood[/quote]

I think you may have misunderstood.   There is a fair amount of discussion from people who live near ASFS, but are bussed to Taylor.  The issue is that Key is an immersion school with a neighborhood boundary.  ASFS is a choice school, but it prioritizes admission to those who live in the Key boundary, but don't want immersion.  The population has exploded such that ASFS completely fills with students in the Key boundary.  Thus, those who live near ASFS can't attend, b/c they are in the Taylor boundary.  
As part of the revisions to the options policy, APS intends to stop calling ASFS a choice school and label it a neighborhood school.  It is currently unclear whether they will redo the map to allow the immediately surrounding neighborhood to be in bounds for ASFS.  
With that minor exception- you can always go to your neighborhood school and are never forced on a bus.

I don't think there is a plan for massive redrawing of boundaries.
If they open the Reed school as a neighborhood school instead of a choice school there will be some redrawing.
Honestly- I would be happy at any North Arlington school and most South ARlington ones-  I wouldn't worry about redistricting.[/quote]

It doesn't just prioritize admission -- it currently guarantees it.  If you live in the Key/ASFS zone, you have, as of now, guaranteed admission to either Key or ASFS.[/quote]

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