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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NW WOTP ES schools will be overcrowded even if you completely redraw the boundaries and kick out OOB.

Not true at all.If boundaries shifted South to Hearst and Eaton, there would be plenty of IB space. The problem would be the push back from those zoned out of J,L,M and also from EOTP people who lose the OOB spots.
Was definitely discussed at the endless DME boundary review meetings but no one had the good sense or strength to use some logic and make it happen.

+1. Of course all the JLM pearl clutchers could not see that DME was drinking their milkshakes during the last boundary change. Instead of leaning forward and going on the offensive by actually asking for their boundaries to shrink, they fought the last war instead. The result is overcrowded, too large elementary schools. And a continued free flow of OOB kids from Eaton and Hearst to Deal and Wilson to ensure overcrowding there too. Nice job JLM parents!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NW WOTP ES schools will be overcrowded even if you completely redraw the boundaries and kick out OOB.

Not true at all.If boundaries shifted South to Hearst and Eaton, there would be plenty of IB space. The problem would be the push back from those zoned out of J,L,M and also from EOTP people who lose the OOB spots.
Was definitely discussed at the endless DME boundary review meetings but no one had the good sense or strength to use some logic and make it happen.

+1. Of course all the JLM pearl clutchers could not see that DME was drinking their milkshakes during the last boundary change. Instead of leaning forward and going on the offensive by actually asking for their boundaries to shrink, they fought the last war instead. The result is overcrowded, too large elementary schools. And a continued free flow of OOB kids from Eaton and Hearst to Deal and Wilson to ensure overcrowding there too. Nice job JLM parents!

Except for the silly and unnecessary "pearl clutchers" (and the fact that Eaton now feeds to Hardy, not to Deal) this analysis is correct. Ward 3 school boundaries need to be adjusted to alleviate overcrowding and close off the large OOB pipeline that continues to expand the enrollment of overcrowded Deal and Wilson while IB demand is also increasing.