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[quote=Anonymous]I’m going to just focus on asfs area for you.  There are three schools located near you— asfs, Long Branch, and Taylor.  All are extremely over crowded.  Due to a change in enrollment policy change, asfs is projected to be over 150% capacity in the next few years.  Because of that they are implementing boundary changes this year.  
There is a lot of angst at asfs about these changes.  The main issue is that the school is outside its attendance zone, and there is not a clear way to fix that without moving large numbers of people.  Due to the old enrollment policy, the school also has a large number of transfers that don’t live anywhere near it’s potential boundary, so there is a lot of questions about whether it’s fair to let those kids stay if it overcrowded the school. To top it off, people blame the school principal for taking a side and some people think she’s racist.  The gloves went off last spring, and people went crazy.  There are a few potential solutions being floated, and people get mean/hysterical about discussing them mostly due to bad blood from this past spring.
You are currently zoned for Ashlawn, and ideally would move to either long branch or asfs in this boundary change.  Both schools will likely be over capacity for the next ten years, and both are good schools.  [/quote]

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