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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No option schools moving, only new boundaries, maybe they'll revisit it before Reed opens in 2021.[/quote]

LOL. At this rate there won't be any native speakers at key in a couple years. It's already 3:1 English applicants.[/quote]

Did you see the part of the  meeting where Reed asked why the acceptance numbers were so uneven when our model is supposed to be 50-50? Good times. [/quote]

This is so dumb. Look at the census. Put the Spanish Immersion schools where the Spanish speakers live FFS, and trotting out four native speakers who do live near Key doesn't prove anything other than those four families live near Key. The data is the data.

If the rich white families living around Key don't want to slum it over in South Arlington, there will be others to take their place!  [/quote]

This may be the right answer, but they need to get better data first to confirm it. After all, those Spanish-speaking families clustered along Columbia Pike near Carlin Springs are roughly a mile from Claremont as it is, and yet they're not applying to the program in droves. What about a move to Carlin Springs, still a mile away just in a different direction, would fundamentally change that?[/quote]

Right, because a lot of working class Spanish speaking immigrant families do NOT want their kids speaking Spanish in school. I shared this before, but my MIL's first language is Spanish and she refused to teach any of her kids Spanish because she wanted them to be as American as possible. I think it would be easy to send out a survey asking folks what their first language or household language is and then asking them if they would be interested in Spanish immersion. [/quote]

And if yes, what are the current barriers to applying? Is it also wanting a neighborhood school? Is it not understanding the program/application process? Is it concern their children won't learn English as well? Is it concerns about how they'll get their kids to school if their one family car breaks down and mass transit isn't going to get them there efficiently for extended day? One of the biggest mistakes we've all (the staff, the board and the community) have been making all along has been assuming we know how other people think and feel rather than asking them how they think and feel.[/quote]

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