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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole process is still so backwards, they need to be considering up front where they could move option programs that need to be moved. Key needs to be moved from where it is because [b]they need two neighborhood schools over there[/b]. For this reason it can't go to ASFS. The other schools in its geographic area are Barrett, Discovery, Glebe, Henry, Jamestown, Long Branch and Taylor. Henry is off the table completely, and moving an option site to Glebe would be foolish given its walkability. Of the remaining options, the only schools near any kind of Spanish-speaking population are Barrett and Long Branch; ATS should also be brought into the analysis due to its proximity to the immersion zone and to Spanish-speaking populations. APS will save itself a lot of headache if it's open about this and then focuses on which of those three schools would make the best site for the immersion program given the needs of the program and the considerations and priorities. If you think more broadly about all of the needs and considerations around the county, I think there's a very clear leading contender among those three (but am curious to see if other people would come up with a different result).

If the staff went ahead and made the Key decision first, a lot of the other decisions become obvious (or at least the scope of options is reduced considerably).[/quote]

Do they need two neighborhood schools in that area?  I thought I saw a post on an earlier spread that did the math and showed that two schools in that area would make it hard to fill one.  Does anyone know?[/quote]

Ugh. Thread, not spread.[/quote]

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