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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The notion that the county would force an immersion school with a high-ish FARMS rate to move locations boggles my mind.  What a repulsive thing to do.  Key is a great community.  Why should they be forced to move to a smaller, less accessible building?  Seriously.  If this is true, what are these pro-move people thinking?[/quote]

A few interesting facts about Key:
- 390 kids (of 743) - more than half - transferred in - as in they are not in the immediate neighborhood.
- They have transfers from EVERY Arlington elementary.
- Guessing quite a few of the transfers are Spanish speakers.
- 37 from Barrett. 43 Glebe. 35 Henry. 92 Long Branch.

Looks to me like moving this great program more centrally would be if great benefit to these families and would make it easier to attract even more Spanish speakers. And no, it is not repulsive. It is common sense. Move Key to ATS or somewhere more central.

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That's not every elementary in Arlington.  And any from Oakridge, Abingdon, Carlin Springs, Randolph, Barcroft would be only because they were on the waitlist for Claremont and shifted to Key.  Guessing a lot of those transfers are English-speakers, too.  And I venture to guess more of them are English speakers than native Spanish speakers.  Besides, immersion is supposed to be 50/50 Spanish-dominant/English-dominant.  So, what is your point?[/quote]

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