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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Previously, families zoned for Key (Spanish immersion) could transfer to Science Focus automatically. This year, Science Focus is now a “neighborhood” school and Key becomes countywide option.  The 569 indicates that many kids chose NOT to do immersion and wanted a neighborhood kind of school. It indicates we would have 569 kids in the Jey neighborhood - most who could walk if that school were a neighborhood school.[/quote]

Ok, so it sounds like the vast majority of Lyon Village families in the Key/ASFS zone were choosing ASFS.[/quote]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think most (maybe all) of Lyon Village is zoned Taylor, not Key.[/quote]

Yup, at least half of Lyon Village is zoned to Taylor currently: https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ESZones_Letter_2017_Revised2-1.pdf

Also, the concentration of kids in Key Zone isn't even that high in the Lyon village portion, comparatively: https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Stu17K5_PP.jpg

And yes, 510 of the kids at ASFS are from Key zone, vs 280 kids from the Key zone at Key... and that's was before the transfer policy when Key zone could go to Key automatically. The number of Key kids in immersion will go down without that preference. There is a strong preference for non-immersion in the neighborhood, and it's not originating solely from Lyon Village. https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Transfer-Report-2016-17.pdf

I don't know what they are going to decide to do, but there is absolutely a strong case for making Key into a walkable neighborhood school without saying that it's Lyon village getting their way. No, I don't live in Lyon Village, I live in Rosslyn. And yes, I would love to not have to travel 2.5 miles (ASFS) or 3.5 miles (Taylor) to my neighborhood school for aftercare pickup. I realize it's not all about me and that we're going to a strong school no matter what, so we're fortunate it that regard. [/quote]

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