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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]

Well, looking at the data now, there are six APS schools with the same or higher percentage of Hispanic kids than Key, several of which have higher free lunch percentages than Key. It seems like a tough argument to make -- I get that the kids [i]at Key now[/i] may be disadvantaged relative to the status quo, but the people who are against the move are talking like they are being singled out because they are disadvantaged, which is hardly the case (there are plenty of other disadvantaged kids in Arlington, some of whom might benefit from this move....for example kids living near Barrett, which is close to ATS). I don't get how this is considered racist. [/quote]

It isn't racist.  They're just playing the race card and using the Spanish-speaking families in their community as pawns in their advocacy to stay put.  When it's time for the boundary decisions, let's see how much they talk about demographics and how they talk about it.[/quote]

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