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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't expect it to be perfect or even make sense, but many of the SK2 kids live within the walking boundaries of SKES.  But they're being reassigned to GES?[/quote]

SK2 is on the other side of Midcounty Highway from Strawberry Knoll ES. That's not the walk zone for Strawberry Knoll ES; they're on bus route 4108. However, it would be the walk zone for GES#8.[/quote]

I misread the map--it's SK3 that includes homes literally on Strawberry Knoll Rd, not across Midcounty.  Some of them don't even cross Emory Grove.  But SK3 is also being reassigned to GES.[/quote]

SK3 is not in the walk zone for Strawberry Knoll ES, because they would all have to walk on Strawberry Knoll Road where there's no sidewalk, and some of them would have to walk on Emory Grove Road where there's no sidewalk. So instead they're on bus route 4113.

One of the lessons from this boundary study recommendation is that people who are in the bus zone of a school they're in walking distance of (1.0 miles for ES, 1.5 miles for MS, 2.0 miles for HS), and who don't want to potentially get reassigned to a different school, should push for a safe walking route, so that they can be in the walk zone instead.[/quote]

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