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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Putting aside the what, where and why for now, WHEN do we think changes (if any) are coming? Will they take effect in fall 2020? Or Fall 2021 to coincide with Reed opening?

If it's Fall 2020, they have to make the decision before the end of this year, because they have to provide info to Kindergarten info night which takes place in Jan 2020. But that only gives them 6 months, including the summer. [/quote]

Reed opening if boundary changes are required - which will happen if they don't do a swap. And they won't do a swap because it is a waste, it doesn't add any seats in the east.

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Even if there was a swap (which, I agree with the PP won't happen because it doesn't add any seats in the east), boundaries will still have to be adjusted.  There aren't enough permanent seats at Key to accommodate all the elementary kids who live in the attendance zone.  So even if they swapped schools, eventually the boundaries would need to be adjusted. [b] APS has already stated  (maybe at the late Jan. SB meeting?) that nothing is moving until at least 2021, i.e., immersion will stay at Key through at least the 2020-2021 school year.[/b]

In a perfect world, APS would figure out where to put Key (and any other option school) by the end of this year, though, so the incoming K class will know where they will (eventually) end up by first grade.  It would also give APS almost 12 months to tinker with the boundaries for everyone (including new boundaries around any option school that moves).  And that is what APS has said it will do but I'm sure that won't happen.  If APS tries to move any school, there will be a huge uprising and APS will punt the decision down the road and everything (location and boundaries) will all be on the table til the bitter end.  [/quote]

If the bolded is true, why haven't they reflected the website to say that? Nothing has been updated on the swap site since Jan. except to say it's been postponed.[/quote]

Here's the only thing in writing I can find, though it's also from January (Page 7) https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Jan-25-2019-Annual-Update-Final.pdf

Key/ASFS Building Swap

There is a need for neighborhood seats in the eastern end of North Arlington due to its continued growth. Key is currently an option school – a location for one of the APS Immersion programs, serving students from about half of the county.

APS is committed to sustaining and potentially growing the immersion instructional pathway. APS will undertake a process to explore locations that provide equitable access for all students, which is critical to the integrity of the two-way instructional model and to the enrollment of more native Spanish speakers. Participation by English learners along with native English speakers helps ensure that the program’s academic benefits are fairly distributed within a community. Decisions on identifying locations   for immersion would need to be completed by December 2019, in anticipation of the 2020 elementary school boundary process. The process is still being shaped, and there will be opportunity for community input. The move would be made for the 2021-22 school year. [/quote]

Thank you! I appreciate that you dug this out for me. [/quote]

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