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Drew is 1.3 miles away, Barcroft is 1.2 and CS is 1.8 
And Randolph can’t handle buses so unless someone can figure that part out it’s a non issue. 
I get that the boundaries are hard and nobody wants to go to Drew but it’s not like people are being busses 7 miles away [/quote]

Drew is actually 2.3 miles from the corner of Columbia pike and Frederick across from Columbia Mill.

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Abingdon, Randolph, and Barcroft are all a full mile closer to the Columbia Forest island in the staff map.[/quote]

The south of the pike Henry zones are 1.1 miles from Drew, and adjacent to its current zone. Columbia Forest is a mile farther away and is an island. Not even debatable. Just use google. It's just plain, naked favoritism. [/quote]

Not really Abingdon still has the issue of being super crowded so they have to split it up somehow. Remember that’s why this is all happening to begin with.

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You keep saying that but it doesn't make it true. Abingdon just got an addition. The purpose of the boundary process is largely to fill Drew. Pretty sure this is just a Henry parent diversion tactic. Abingdon was at 90 percent capacity in 2016. It has 725 seats. Last fall it had 668.[/quote]

In addition to the oft-cited Henry PUs south of the Pike, why not send the Claremont neighborhood to Drew?  It's resident school facility is an option program to which Claremont residents are no longer guaranteed; it's a straight shot up Walter Reed to where Drew is; it's not really  that walkable to Abingdon and is separated from Fairlington by Walter Reed anyway; and even if it isn't the wealthiest neighborhood in the County it is single-family homes owned by a number of MC folks who specifically bought in the neighborhood to get the former guaranteed admission to immersion; it reduces enrollment at Abingdon; it keeps the Columbia Forest PUs from being an island.[/quote]

I had this thought last night too, looking at the data. I don't think you can take the whole neighborhood because it would create an island out of Columbia Forest (since there isn't room for it all to go to Barcroft) but maybe another unit or so would work. I don't have a sense of whether that would split up the neighborhood or create other issues though. It also helps with alignment since those units are Jefferson and would add to the otherwise small # of proposed Drew-Jefferson kids.[/quote]

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