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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi. I live in the part of LV that is zoned for ASFS, and I think we should be zoned for something else.

I also think that schools should not allow parent dropoffs under ordinary circumstances. You want a walkable neighborhood school? Fine. Walk there. [/quote]

I want to agree, but you'd need to define ordinary.  I love that we live 4 hilly blocks from our school, but unless I'm working from home, we do drive to drop off.  Why? Because it's inefficient for me to walk DS to school, turn around walk home, change into work clothes, and then drive past the school to go to work.  The walkable part is good in that it means we live near the school and his classmates, walking is an option on days when we are home or when he's in 5th grade and can walk himself, it does allow us to sleep a bit later instead of catching an earlier bus.  Unfortunately, the daily walk part isn't a good option for us despite being fairly close.[/quote]

Four! Hilly! Blocks!

I think APS is not going to solve its problems as long as people are [b]unable to distinguish between "not the best thing for me" and "not a reasonable policy[/b]."[/quote]

+1,000,000

Your convenience is of no concern to me, nor should it be to anyone making policy. [/quote]

I get it, I do. However, the no drop-off thing, besides the efficiency aspect for most working families is also completely unenforceable.  Are they going to check license plates "Oops, sorry Larla. You live in the walk zone, so you can't get out of your car.  Brayden over there, he lives a mile away so we'll let that car pull up and drop him off."  Our school can't even enforce the no u-turn over the double yellow line in front of the school, how on earth can they reasonably sort out which cars can drop off and which can't.[/quote]

I'm not the PP who thinks walking could/should be enforced. I am just a person who thinks the constant cries about "walk zones" are not a good enough reason for exclusionary school policy. Many "walkers" don't actually walk, or maybe even can't safely walk to their closest schools, so proximity and walkability should move further down the list of our county's priorities when creating/adjusting school boundaries. 
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