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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I only skimmed it, but my initial reaction is that if you support the swap, I don't think there's much in there that's a surprise. If you are against the swap, I don't think there's anything in there that will convince you otherwise.[/quote]

There should be for those who are listening to the Key folks who are trying to use their (small) Latino/ED families who currently walk to Key as justification for not moving. The convenience they seek is for THEM, the wealthy non-Latino families who want to be close to their current school and/or Metro. Moving Immersion to ASFS will not make it any less inaccessible for the majority of Latino/ED families who live in Arlington, because those families don't live along the Orange Line anyway. And yes, not swapping would result in yet another very wealthy, very white neighborhood school at ASFS. By swapping, they can get two somewhat diverse schools: one that is ethnically/linguistically/economically diverse by design, and one that is diverse because it pulls from a neighborhood that is itself more diverse than most of North Arlington (with the exception of Buckingham). 
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Blah, blah, blah.  This benefits the rich Lyon Vilage people who want a walkable non immersion school.  Live right, vote left.[/quote]

Which solution provides the greatest diversity?[/quote]

I don't think there is a good way to answer this.  Your question assumes there was an alternative- and there really wasn't.  
If you were to draw a boundary around ASFS that includes its walk zone, and maintains contiguity, it would be mostly planning units currently zoned to Ashlawn and Taylor, and would have virtually no FARMS.  Not any worse than Jamestown/Tuckahoe, etc- but not diverse at all.  
But is was never clear if you did this where the higher FARMS units in eastern Rosslyn were going.  If you sent them all to Taylor- you would have needed to draw a long snaky boundary for Taylor to come up and grab them- which would add some diversity to Taylor but take it away from ASFS.  You are also putting them in a fairly inaccessible transportation situation a good ways from home.  It's nearly 4 miles by car from River Place apartments to Taylor for example.   [/quote]

So what's the best solution in general? 
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NP - but I think it’s Immersion to Carlin Springs to break up the poverty and open up neighborhood seats at both ASFS and Key. If someone was really concerned about high poverty native Spanish speakers I don’t see why they wouldn’t support this. [/quote]

I support moving immersion to a high poverty school like carlin springs. I do find it a bit ironic that before that happens, we are moving an option school from a high poverty area (montesorri in Nauck) to a wealthier one, the result of which will be to create a high poverty school at Drew and make Fleet less diverse than Henry was. Just saying.[/quote]

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