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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm new to APS, but is there a reason that if there is going to be excess capacity at Jamestown, Discovery and Nottingham, they don't just allow kids zoned for Carlin Springs to opt in as an option school?  Most of the kids in Carlin Springs already take a bus and most are FRPL.  That way the N. Arlington neighborhoods could keep their local schools, economically disadvantaged kids could have a choice of a school with better test scores, and economic disparity amongst all of the schools could be reduced?[/quote]

That transfer policy already exists across the entire school system.  APS operates under the assumption that families with fewer resources, including possibly transportation of their own, are less likely to be engaged or able to have their children attend schools far away from home. As a result, it's unlikely that they would get enough transfers to fill all those empty seats, or at least that's the operating assumption.[/quote]If it's an actual option program, I'm assuming that there would be buses available like there are for the option schools.  [/quote]

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