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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s no reason immersion shouldn’t move. None. Acting like children will be irreparably harmed by attending a neighborhood school in Arlington instead is ridiculous, but it’s the only thing they have left to go on. As for the McKinley crazies, I don’t know how they can show their faces around school.[/quote]

Change is hard, but will be ok.  Key needs to move.  Of course that's upsetting to a community that is involved and passionate about their school, but in a few years, there will be another community created that will be just as wonderful.  Stopping this at all costs does nothing to help the county.[/quote]

Key would better serve its community at this point by preparing it for a potential move.  Start talking to their families about the new location and encouraging them to stay with the program for all the x,y, z reasons.  Find out which families would have what difficulties and why and, more importantly, how the community and APS can work together to minimize the negative impacts on current Key families.  If the families who need the food pantry don't go to the new site, there is no reason the new neighborhood community at Key and ASFS can't start a food pantry.  That's just a relatively minor example and I'm sure someone from Key will tear into how I am minimizing the needs of their community.  And that would be missing the point.  You can still advocate strongly for your preferred position; but prudence and truly serving the needs of the community calls for preparing the community for a move.[/quote]

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