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[quote=Anonymous]Many school communities will be affected, not just McKinley.  Ashlawn community (my children's school) will change drastically for example.  But as PP noted, this was going to happen regardless when Reed opened as a neighborhood school as they shifted boundaries to fill that school.  I'm honestly shocked by the level of outrage in the McKinley community, because a huge shakeup is happening there regardless.

Do I wish that there could be a magic solution that didn't change my kids' school population, and yours, and others (and not because I abstractly object to what new students we might get, but because it stinks to think that kids' friend groups are going to be broken up)?  Sure.  Unfortunately seats are needed and there is no painless way to address school distribution/capacity issues without families getting moved to new schools. And I can't get behind a sentiment that basically amounts to "fix school overcrowding and population problems, just don't affect my family specifically in anything other than a way that enhances my status quo [new building, fewer trailers, less overcrowding]," because doesn't everyone feel that way?  My wants and disappointment about the shakeup aren't more important than anyone else who might be affected.[/quote]

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