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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]At least South Lakes is close to Fox Mill, part of Floris, and part of Crossfield, which was affected. I don’t think that particular boundary change was that bad. It’s also rare to move kids from a better school district to a less desireable district.[/quote]

It was terrible.  And, the SB was nasty to the parents who wanted AP.  Some families had already been redistricted two or three times.  The particularly nasty part is that it was orchestrated by the South Lakes PTA.  (They even posted their plans on a website.   Not as savvy to social media as today.)  The PTA was giving thumbs up and thumbs down to the choices.  It pitted neighborhoods against neighborhoods--and that was not just those being redistricted to South Lakes.

Boundary changes are disruptive.  And, when you feel like you are being 'chosen" for someone else's desires, it is kind of disturbing.
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I know, I know. But that’s why it’s a lot easier to move kids (particarly kids from not poor areas) from less desirable schools to more desirable schools. Much less resistance from parents whose kids gets redistricted. But this would also mean the less desirable schools keep losing students while the more desirable schools keep having capacity issues.

The 2008 boundary change got a bad rep on this board partly because it was the only significant boundary change that moved well establied single family house neighorhood to a less respected school. I bet the response would have been quite different if the kids were moved to Madison instead of SLHS.

I also have to say this. Back then Herndon High school parents fought hard to make sure their kids were not moved to SLHS. These days many HHS parents send (and give rides to) their kids to SLHS for the IB program. [/quote]

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