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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is this notion coming from that neighborhood Key would be a Title I?  ASFS isn’t current Title I, right?  Was Key Title I when it had neighborhood preference?[/quote]

You can crunch the numbers...but it depends on if APS decides to concentrate FARMs at one school and what % of MC/UMC option out (or go Catholic).[/quote]

I have looked at the numbers, and I’m not seeing a realistic scenario where neighborhood Key is Title I.  This feels like a scare tactic from the Keep Key on Key and Save McKinley folks to avoid having any schools move.[/quote]

Okay...so if Neighborhood Key isn't Title I...it will be pretty close and without the extra resources (past the tipping point)  You do you.[/quote]
They will receive Title I funding, class sizes will be limited to Title I limits, and the community and PTA will still be there to provide the supportive services families currently receive.  The current Key PTA, with its 39% FRL population, has a healthy budget - far healthier than our 60%+ schools.  The wealth in the area surpasses the wealth in the 60+ FRL schools.[/quote]

What you don't seem to understand is that the New Key will be the ASFS and Key leftovers (who don't have a way out).  These families will be fine - but the involved parents and the ones who make the big donations will be outta there (kind of like all of the UMC/MC parents who option out of SA schools).[/quote]

I never really thought of that - today these involved families stay because they are getting something "special" like "Science" or "Immersion" once the carrots are gone they will look for greener pastures.[/quote]

Bingo - you are starting to get it.  Using carrots help spread FARMS, MC, UMC...organically works.  Now APS and the SB are getting the stick out - and the end result will be concentrating FARMS at Key - and any PU that can get out will scream loud.  Similar to what we saw with Drew in South Arlington (but not as extreme).[/quote]

I think you are underestimating the appeal of the location to people who have shown a willingness to live in condos and townhouses to be walkable to metro and close to the city.[/quote]

Key is currently a GreatSchools 9 and ASFS is an 8.  When young families are moving out of DC to Arlington do you think they might be concerned when(if) [b]Key becomes a Great Schools 4, 5 or 6?  [/b]Subsidized housing is very appealing and expanding in that area as well (walkable to metro and close to the city).  [/quote]

Looks like Key is currently a Great Schools 5.  It’s in Arlington, Virginia.[/quote]

Ooopss you are so right!  So the neighborhood school (ASFS) would drop from an 8 to who knows what.[/quote]

Why?  I think ASFS will be perfectly fine.[/quote]

The majority of the current ASFS will move together to Key. It will be a great school. If you notice, they haven’t been screaming. They are trying to prepare for their school to be split up - regardless of scenario - and how to take care of their students and families. [/quote]

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