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I think that’s what PP meant, not a swap but moving Immersion to schools that are better situated to access the Latinx community, where they live now, and then redrawing boundaries accordingly. That would be moving towards equity. Making this option, and others, more accessible to the families who have the highest barriers to participation makes very good sense.

I think if we’re interested in lowering barriers, we want to add some immersion K classes at Barrett, not just swap one Latinx community for another, while replacing their neighborhood school with an option school. What most Spanish speakers want is pretty much what everyone else wants- a neighborhood school. Immersion has a rich history, strong support in the county, and seems to be in demand for both English and Spanish speakers. There is a sizeable Spanish speaking population in the Rosslyn/Courthouse/Clarendon area who have remained despite gentrification, who share the very same barriers to access, and have specifically asked that their school not be moved. A lottery is a barrier in and of itself, but that’s another topic.[/quote]

Those kids in court house will have access to a diverse, well integrated, neighborhood school, with a large cohort of native English speakers, when immersion moves. They’ll be fine.
The kids living near Carlin Springs don’t have those same advantages. They attend a low performing segregated school. How about we give those kids a fair shake with an immersion program and a cohort of higher achieving kids.[/quote]

I think the parents of the kids who live in Rosslyn/Courthouse and currently attend Key know what’s best for their kids, and they have spoken up and told APS what that is, and they were heard, hence the “pause”. I totally agree about Carlin Springs, and think they should add an immersion K class there too, and wherever else there might be an unmet need. Keep in mind though that in a lottery only option school, more children will be denied access to what was once their neighborhood school.[/quote]

Yes. Those parents have spoken very loudly for what is best for their kids. Like all of north Arlington, they’re great at it.[/quote]

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