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New poster.  I don't think you realize how [b]in the middle of the Taylor zone the current asfs building is.[/b]  To create a walk zone and connect it to the existing key zone and not create an island of kids still going to Taylor, you have to move at least 7 planning units.  That's around 70 kids per year or 420 kids total (and that's a conservative estimate based off of the middle school data, really the total number of kids that get moved from Taylor may be Much higher)!  So if they,[b]humor the people in the asfs neighborhood who want it to be a neighborhood school for cherrydale[/b] the only way you can do it without creating an island is to move 200 kids to long branch from Clarendon (which correct me if I'm wrong but there isn't space) and then create either an island or peninsula moving kids to Taylor or Jamestown or discovery from Rosslyn/courthouse for the other 200 or so kids.  Not saying they won't do it, it's just much more disruptive than people here make it seem.   Lots of Taylor kids will get moved, most of the existing key zone will have to go to Taylor or bussed up county.[/quote]

Wasn't the directive from SB to staff to draw elementary boundaries without any regard for existing boundaries? Just clean slate make it make as much sense as possible?  [b]ASFS and Taylor's proximity[/b] vs the lack os non-lottery school along the C-Ch-R corridor pose an interesting problem, but I think your scenario may not be far off the mark. It will be very disruptive.[/quote]

ASFS and Taylor are a mile and a half from each other - I would not describe that as proximity in such a small county. And considering the building ASFS is located in was the neighborhood school for Cherrydale for many years before it became ASFS, I have no problem allowing the people who actually live in 
 its neighborhood to walk to and attend ASFS rather than putting their kids on a bus to Taylor.[/quote]

But back then, I believe Wilson school and Key School were elementary schools which served the rest of ASFS existing boundary. That is now gone. [/quote]

So instead of busing the Roslyn and Courthouse kids to ASFS and the kids who can walk to ASFS to Taylor, bus the Roslyn and Courthouse kids to Taylor and let the kids who can actually walk to ASFS walk to it.[/quote]

No swap key and ASFS. Rosslyn TO Taylor is a long arse ride[/quote]

It's a better alignment of schools with population distribution. The Key location would get a TON of walkers. 
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As a Rosslyn parent, I would love this solution. Maybe if we get matching shirts?[/quote]

Since ASFS is a pretty old and ugly school, why not use the Hayes Park property across the street to build a brand new 3 story elementary school so kids from Key district and kids who can walk to ASFS can go there.  No disruption since kids can still use the ASFS School.  Then repurpose the ASFS school and raze it to rebuild Hayes Park.[/quote]

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