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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think they changed Key to a full lottery school more because of the demand for Claremont, which always had a waiting list. I think the Claremont zone felt Key’s boundaries allowed those in the Key zone more realistic access to immersion, and I guess the lottery system coupled with a change in the boundaries was perceived as more equitable than the old system.

Im a Key parent and I hadn’t even heard about this proposed building swap.  Is this really being considered, or is it one of a million proposals that will amount to very little?[/quote]

They have to do something, because with the change in transfer policy they have created a zone with 850 kids and no neighborhood elementary school in the boundary. One option is to redraw boundaries around ASFS and the other option is to make Key a neighborhood school by moving immersion elsewhere. Either way people get very angry. [/quote]

Redrawing around ASFS is insufficient. They have to offload some students in neighboring schools, like Long Branch, Taylor, maybe Ashlawn? Do any of those schools have capacity?[/quote]

Taylor would have some capacity since the kids being zoned into ASFS would be coming from there, but then you end up with a situation where you are sending kids from Rosslyn, the most urban neighborhood in the county where many people don’t drive, to Taylor over 3 miles away. That is really far for a neighborhood school and is a rough trip during rush hour for before and aftercare. Yes, this is potentially my life for 8 years because I have little kids. I don’t like the idea very much.[/quote]

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