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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hopefully the school board won’t cave to the ASF parents.  Key has been in its current building forever, and it’s location has helped the program flourish.  It is also a large and growing program,  and it would be nearly impossible to find another location where it would fit.  ASF suffers overcrowding like all APS schools, but they shouldn’t be allowed to just pick and choose their building and all others be damned.[/quote]

Seems like the most vocal people at ASFS don’t want to move at all. Many people would be fine either way (stay or move). But ASFS certainly isn’t PUSHING for a swap. What on earth gave you that idea?
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Um, quite a lot of the people at ASFS who would be in the walk zone for Key or think they would be in the attendance zone for Key want a swap.  A swap put them at Key with all of the science equipment the PTA apparently has bought over the years.  So, yes, a majority (really, overwhelming majority) want a swap.  If they both become a neighborhood school, the science stuff stays where it is and they are in the Key building without it.  [/quote]

So for their own selfish benefit...[/quote]

Look, I live on the southern side of Rosslyn and just want to have my neighborhood school reasonably close to my house. They can leave the science lab for all I care. [/quote]

All of us want that. Not all of us are going to get it.[/quote]

It just seems selfish that there is a vocal group of people at ASFS who want this swap to happen on the premise that they may get to take the science stuff with them.  I don't think the staff at ASFS are in favor of moving, so it's like parents against the school, yet they still want the staff to teach their kids?[/quote]

Yes, it does seem selfish.[/quote]

It makes sense long term. I realize you want to blame it on those selfish a-holes in Lyon Park or whoever, but having Key as a neighborhood school sets APS up to draw better boundaries and spend less on transportation. [/quote]

It was a neighborhood school until about 2 minutes ago.  Just restore the neighborhood admissions preference and problem solved.[/quote]

Agreed.  I'm pretty sure most people currently at Key would want that too.[/quote]

It was a neighborhood/lottery hybrid.[/quote]

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