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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dumb question, because I just started paying attention after that thread blew up on AEM -- why can the Latinx families living near Key not send their kids to a neighborhood school at Key if a walkable school with aftercare is important? Wouldn't Key still be there? Why is the immersion part so important? Plenty of other Latinx kids in Arlington don't go to immersion schools/would have one closer if it moved somewhere else. What am I missing? [/quote]

The achievement gap is much lower for immersion and studies show that Hispanic kids do better over their school career if they do immersion In elementary (just the messenger here)[/quote]

Regardless of the research, not all native-Spanish-speaking families want their kids in immersion. Some want them in an English-dominant school thinking it will get them up to speed faster.  This was referenced in some meeting where staff mentioned they'd had conversations w/ Spanish-speaking families about why they don't apply to immersion (presumably they did that outreach because they can't fill the 50% native-Spanish quota) and the main answers were not believing it's better for their kids and wanting a school closer to home.  Moving Key closer to the concentration of Spanish-speakers at least helps address the 2nd reason.

The Key pop's concern is that they will lose too many students if it moves because of families for whom proximity is more important than immersion.  The concern seems overblown. Yes, they will likely lose some but will ideally pull in more in the lower grades so it would just be a few years of smaller upper grades.  At the school board meeting, it sounded like staff was aware of the concern about retaining the immersion faculty and perhaps they could allow for smaller classes in order to keep staff on board during that adjustment period.  They do need to be clearer about that.[/quote]
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