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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not a parent who will be impacted, but I keep wondering WHY APS doesn't know how many Key families would move if it moved to the ATS location.  It seems pretty darn easy to survey the current K-4 families and ask.  They aren't committed to whatever they choose, but APS could at least have a ballpark number.  That's one piece of data that makes me feel like they are being a bit sloppy and have just dug into this position, regardless of whether this whole cascade is the right one.

ASFS is vastly overcrowded, and I agree a building is needed, but APS is claiming not to know how many kids will stay behind.  [/quote]

The problem with doing a survey now is that you will get parents saying what they think will get them the best result vs. a real picture. If you want to keep Key on Key and they ask if you will move with the program, you say no, right? That doesn't mean that you won't move when the time comes.[/quote]

Also, some parents apparently don't understand the move, that there will be transportation and that the students currently at ATS are moving out.  I know it sounds ridiculous; but some parents do not realize their kids will get a bus to school and think they are being added to the students at ATS.  The strong AEM Key advocates keep talking ABOUT and TO these families to garner support and petition signatures; but apparently aren't doing much talking WITH them to make sure they know what really will happen.

So, if you ask parents now, they may say "no" but when they realize these other things, they may say "yes."

I am sure this is going on a lot. Also Key uses 13 buses already - that is 4 more than Claremont and the same amount as ATS which has virtually zero walkers. If the Key folks are correct that there are tons of families who walk from near Key those kids will able to be easily picked up and routed to ATS which isn't that far. In 2017-2018 78% of Key students were bus eligible - with only 165 of all students no qualifying for busing and don't assume those are all proximity. I know one APS employee who got their kid in even though it isn't their zoned immersion school but had to provide busing. 
What APS DOES know is that for every student outside the Key/ASFS attendance zone transferred into Key, one neighborhood seat opens regardless of how many current students opt to stay at a neighborhood Key. I don't know the exact numbers; but 260 students currently attend Key from outside what the neighborhood attendance zone is, then a minimum of 260 seats open up when those students relocate with immersion to ATS.  Even if they drop out, they go back to their own neighborhood schools and do not keep occupying a seat in the new Key neighborhood school. It is most unlikely that nobody within the attendance zone will move with the program; so a lot more seats than just those 260 become available for neighborhood seats.  Compare that to not moving the program:  zero neighborhood seats open up.

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