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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry, but moving key does benefit south Arlington.  Not sure why you would think otherwise.
Immersion would give a leg up to the esl kids in south arlington because they would learn math in spanish.  That’s the whole point of immersion.   It would bring very affluent north Arlington kids to a south Arlington elementary school because a lot of the kids at key aren’t from its immediate area.  
You can’t have it both ways— say you do t want segregated schools but then say that hosting option schools is unfair (especially in the case of immersion that would pull traditionally low performing kids out of the neighborhood school) [/quote]

Moving Key to ATS doesn't move it south, it moves it west. And moves ATS north, making it less accessible for people in the south. Kind of the opposite of what you say the south needs.[/quote]

Dp- You haven’t listened to South Arlington posters at all. Not at all.[/quote]

Then explain it, because clearly I haven't grasped it from reading all of these threads. How will it be better for South Arlington families when lots more Nottingham-area  families flock to ATS because it's walking distance and edge out more of the SA families?[/quote]

There's no geographic preference, so I don't think S Arlington families would be "edged out." They may not apply to that program if they lived very far into South Arlington, but there would be a different strong option for families that would be closer. I don't really care where or if ATS were to move. The main issue should be getting immersion closer to Spanish-speakers, and either Carlin Springs or Barcroft or even ATS would do that (it's closer to Buckingham than Key). I only think the Nottingham stuff came up because of the Reed school and too many seats/overlapping walk zones once it's built. I don't think anyone would be talking about an option school anywhere in that quadrant if it weren't for that one issue. [/quote]

Do you live in S Arlington?  I lived in Fairlington, and my DC went to ATS.  if ATS was further north, it would not have been a viable option for us.  Immersion wasn't something our family was interested, so I'm not sure what that other strong option would have been.  ATS is centrally located and should stay centrally located.[/quote]
Jeez. Maybe you could have sent Jr to Abingdon?[/quote]

You are missing the point.  The concern is that ATS will become even more of a North Arlington thing if it moves further north.  We would have sent DC to Abingdon if he  didn't get a seat at ATS in K.  Most of our friends in the 'hood were opting out of Abingdon to Claremont.[/quote]

No YOU’RE missing the point. Send your kids to Abingdon. You are the problem. Sheesh.[/quote]

Lol, why? People can move or send their kid to whatever school they please. Where did you choose to send yours?[/quote]

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