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The total budget line through the effective date of the division of TC is $124.2 million.  It's already in the budget.  
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Total budget line for two high schools? For high school expansion in general? For all new capacity? And what "effective date"?   Again, please link AND please specify the page number on which any fact you are citing to be found.  Until you do, I will assume you are misunderstanding any facts you claim to cite. [/quote]

Is anything being done to fight the division of the high schools in East vs. West.  I've seen letters online from a teacher group at TC and from a former school board member advocating for a Minnie Howard expansion (to 9 and 10).  The east/ west division of middle schools have a clear imbalance racially and socio-economically, which has been pointed out by at least one school board member publicly.  In terms of distance, TC is centrally located and just as close to the West End as the East end. I assume some of this could come out in a community dialogue, which I fear would take away from the capacity discussion. [/quote]

Nothing is being done to fight the TC split that is underway, in part because the school board only recently admitted that this is what they have been planning and implementing.  A[b]nd those recent admissions have been in the press[/b] and not in official statements other than the educational specification regulations - those are formal, publicly released, and binding.  The school board’s intention is to have all final approvals in place so that the split is irreversible before conducting any formal public proceedings to bless their already-made decision.  [/quote]

can you cite to articles, would like to read more about it. [/quote]

There is no split underway.  For some reason one person (maybe two?) seem obsessed with the idea that there is. The only evidence is a stretched reading of a few lines in a technical specs doc for new high school capacity.  Dem Mayor nominee Wilson has said to one such individual (on FB) that they are reading the docs incorrectly.  While they have not yet determined where or how they will add capacity, I think maintaining a city wide school is the most likely outcome by far.  [/quote]

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