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That would be absurd.  Many of those houses were once zoned for Tuckahoe and rezoned for McK.  Now that there will actually be a school in walking distance you think they'd go back to Tuckahoe?  I would fight like hell against that.

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Then I suggest that you support Tuckahoe becoming an option school.  I'm assuming that APS will continue to require continguous boundaries.  If so- and the need for seats is in the NE, they have to find a way to draw the boundary so as to pick up some of the Key and Glebe units to the Northwest.  Tuckahoe is up against the edge of the county- if its planning units move to Reed, there is no where else for it to draw planning units from.  The units east of Reed are probably safe for at least enough to make a boundary corridor east.  But under the all neighborhood scenario I don't see any way units 16040 16050 and 16060 and 16130 could go to Reed- and they are all within the 1/2 mile walk shed.  I live in one of those units, and think the neighborhood is really misguided to be fighting against Tuckahoe going choice, while fully expecting that we are headed to walkable Reed.[/quote]

In the past, APS has only opened up a limited number of planning units for boundary changes and that has resulted in crazy boundaries.  If you look at the McK map, for example, you'll see how it juts around all over the place.  With Reed coming online, APS is *FINALLY* choosing to do the right thing and look at boundaries as a whole.  As a result, there will be cascading changes, but the kids will be OK.  The kids who moved from Glebe and Tuckahoe to McK are just fine and the kids who moved into Discovery are just fine.  Since APS is looking for be more efficient with transportation, don't expect long, winding boundaries that don't make any sense.  There is a poster who keeps talking about the changes and I think they are right on.  Jamestown and Glebe will help Taylor when Reed opens.  McKinley will help Ashlawn who will pull more students from the orange line.  Maybe ATS will move since it's the closest to Ballston, but I wouldn't bet money on that![/quote]

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