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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of two Key alums here and close neighbor to ASFS (whose kids were not able to go to there, despite our house abutting the ASFS "campus").  Key is probably in the most "urban" location of any elementary school in Arlington (with Henry and Drew not far behind).  Moving Key to the ASFS building would impact its accessibility by public transportation, which might impact the lower income population it currently serves.  Its not clear to me that Key necessarily has to become a neighborhood school.   Putting a crossing guard on Kirkwood Road would allow all of Lyon Village to walk to ASFS.[/quote]

Two things:

1. Kids aren’t taking public transit to school at Key. See pages 5 and 7.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Francis_Scott_Key_v2.pdf

2. Relatively few of the Key zone kids live in Lyon Village. Most live further east and south, and most of these kids currently are bussed to ASFS. They would benefit from a closer neighborhood school. https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Stu17K5_PP.jpg[/quote]

Most Lyon Village kids are zoned and bused to Taylor and they would also benefit from a closer neighborhood school, as would the kids in Cherrydale and VA Square who are bused out of their neighborhood.[/quote]

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