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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see the boundary review is gonna be the same as it was last time. Property values and self centered arguments masquerading as concern for poor kids. If you’d put others at the center of your life you wouldn’t argue this way. I guess that was never really a popular perspective on moral issues, in the end. [/quote]

There is little they can do. The crowded areas are so crowded that they cannot be fixed by boundary reviews. Most of the schools (EOTP) are too small. This would never happen but I wonder what the city would look like with half as many schools but that were twice as big. I think bigger schools would be able to flex more with the changes in the city. I think you could also have more diverse schools. Instead we have small schools that are overflowing when 50 new kids show up over 5 years. [/quote]

Here is what I would do.  Re-open Emery (in Eckington) and give it the east end of Seaton's zone and the northern part of Walker-Jones' zone, and the southern part of Langley.  Seaton's zone can then expand west and north, taking from Ross and Garrison.  That relieves pressure on Ross.  Garrison can shift north and west to take a bit from HD Cooke, Marie Reed, and Tubman.  That could in turn relieve Bancroft.

Meanwhile, the elementary schools in the Coolidge feeder group can grow their boundaries a little to relieve Barnard and West, and Shepherd if they will stand for it.  Also, the expanded capacity at Stevens school building should relieve SWW@FS.

Not sure what to do for Ward 3 if nobody is willing to be put out of Wilson and/or commute across the park.  But there is relief available EOTP if people are willing to accept being re-zoned.  Which they hate but it does sometimes happen.[/quote]

Why does Shepherd need to be relieved? It can handle the number of its in boundary kids.[/quote]

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