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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yayyyy! This is the right set of recommendations for right now, IMO.[/quote]

Wow, so looking at the data table, they just made Claremont a Title 1 school and Key will now be under 20% fr/l. Also, look at the imbalance of white kids now assigned to Key over Claremont and the imbalance of native Spanish speakers. How can they adopt this policy and talk about “equity.” Who was on this committee? JFC[/quote]

I don’t think you are reading the tables correctly. The issue is that while the Claremont zone has more Spanish speakers they apply for the immersion program at a much lower rate than people zoned to Key (24% for Claremont vs 48 percent for Key). Key actually has more native Spanish speakers than Claremont despite having a smaller pool.

So if you look at the FRL slide, while Claremont zone has higher % of FRL population, Key actually has higher enrollment (40% FRL vs 31% at Claremont). The changes are expected to reduce reduce Keys FRL % but would still be similar to Claremont.  [/quote]

The applicant pool being so unbalanced will be seen in the school population over time, and will reflect the demographics of the potential applicants. The data says that under the new boundaries the percentage of fr/l potential applicants will increase at Claremont from 38% to 49%, while at Key it will decrease from 22% to 19%. The percentage of potential white applicants at Claremont decreases from 49% to 28% at Claremont and increases at Key from 51% to 72%. Tell me again how this isn’t going to, over time, result in a whiter and wealthier school at Key and a less white and less wealthy population at Claremont. The reason Claremont is so unbalanced now isn’t a result of the current boundary map and applicant pool, but rather the historic neighborhood preferences for Claremont, whereby white families utilized their preferences and others did not.[/quote]

You are looking at theoretical data. In actuality last year 61/126 eligible Spanish speakers applied to Key vs 54/225 applied to Claremont. Under the proposed changes that would be 49/215 for Claremont and 67/126 for Key.

There are also a grand total of 20 students from Nottingham, Tuckhahoe and Cardinal combined across all grades. Shifting them to Key will not make much of a difference (especially since there is still a 50/50 preference for Spanish speakers).

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