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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The ASFS PTA is already taking the position that the Key building will need hundreds of thousands of dollars of upgrades/rennovations to house their program.  This appears to be an expensive move, particularly since they will have to add more trailers at ASFS to house the immersion program, at least in the short run.[/quote]

"ASFS PTA"? What is your source? I call BS on this comment... 
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Private email traffic from ASFS parent.[/quote]

[b]Might be a parent independently talking out of his/her a$$, but it’s not the PTA. [/b]
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Nope, the school put together an initial list of all the "uniquely" ASFS items that were donated by alumni or raised through the PTA/private donations that need to be dismantled and/or moved to the new building. The estimated costs attached to this "initial" list is over $500,000.  All the library furniture, for example, was donated and does not belong to APS.  The benches in the courtyard, etc., were all donated or built (and most are branded with ASFS' name).  Same with the multiple built-in fish tanks and the science lab and the space shuttle, etc.  ASFS is demanding that it all gets moved as none of it came from APS.  And, so far, APS is pledging to move the program/everything in the school.  And if they move it, they will have to figure out where to put or install it in the new ASFS. [/quote]

That list was prepared by the school administrattionl so that they can nix the move.   NOT by the PTA.  No one expects most of that list to be moved.  The administration loves that building and the  materials in it more than the humans who attend it!  Sad , so sad :-(    Rather than trying to hold on to their diverse community, they prefer staying at their location to teach the rich walk zone.  I wonder with a different population attending that school, would ASFS still have been ASFS?  At the very least they would have lost their niche ranking. Diversity plays a big part in that ranking.  [/quote]

Your kid is not that special.  As much as you like to toss that around, this isn't about your special Johnny.  You can keep saying that until you are blue in the face trying to get your way and destroy people in your path.  Karma is a helluva thing so brace for impact.

No intelligent school administration, staff, or elected officials should be planning curriculum based on "current students" - they make decisions (or rather they should make decisions) based on the needs of the system and each school and guess what, Key has needs too. Decisions have to be made that set a school up to succeed and that may or may not be best for the "current students" - children come and go and schools change every year and children graduate on to the next level. Staff don't pick and choose which they want to be with and which they don't (a ridiculous claim).  They decide how best to run an amazing school irrespective of who is there - you can't neatly box those up as much as you'd like to think.  Your claim shows how ignorant you truly are.  [/quote]

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