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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To those who don't want immersion, are you the same folks who don't want any Spanish speaking families in your neighborhood and fight any effort to bring affordable housing to higher priced Arlington neighborhoods?[/quote]

I think programs are nice to haves. Neighborhood schools are need to haves. Taking neighborhood seats away and replacing the. With lottery programs only to say “oh but the lottery program will relieve overcrowding” is dumb. APS today is very different than it was 20yrs ago when kids could easily transfer to any school they wanted because schools at all levels had capacity.

We have ESL support in all schools. ATS pedagogically speaking may  be out of touch with current approaches to early education. We are proud to have these lottery programs in our system,but they come at a price of neighborhood seats.  It has nothing to do with not welcoming fa,I lies who speak different languages. [/quote]

What does it matter for capacity whether they are neighborhood or option seats? They are seats, the same number, any way you add them up. If it's a matter of balancing capacity/enrollment, then a neighborhood allocation or priority based on "home" school overcrowding makes more sense than any other proposal put forward here. [/quote]

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