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[quote=Anonymous]In terms of the argument- aren't just drawing boundaries (e.g. not moving option schools) the best argument.
I think the problems with that argument (and really what put a target on Nottingham's back) is looking at the map.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ESZones_Letter_2017_Revised2-1.pdf

Start by noting that ASFS is the neighborhood school for Key, but it is not actually in the Key boundary.  APS has said they are going to fix this by redrawing the boundary.
Also note the 2021 projections which show ASFS at 640 students and Key at 881.  https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/FallProjections18-27_Official_Web.pdf

So you have got to figure out a way to draw some 300 students out of that boundary, while adding the surrounding planning units to ASFS.  
To do it they would have to basically take Rosslyn, Courthouse, all the area that is currently right around Key and move it to Taylor, then Cherrydale/Lyon Village would go to ASFS.  
Then they have to add a large portion of Taylor to Jamestown- which is almost certainly going to be turning walkers into busriders (which I think in the current APS climate is one of the 7 deadly sins).
And you would keep on moving the boundaries sort of in a counterclockwise direction- but along the way you are turning walkers into busriders.

If you want to look at the map a different way- start in the Nottingham neighborhood- and realize that a portion of what is currently zoned Nottingham is walkable to Discovery, a portion of walkable to Tuckahoe, and a portion is walkable to Reed. 
If you give all three of those schools full walk zones- Nottingham doesn't have nearly enough students (and you can't fill it with preschool b/c the seats are needed for elementary in the Northeast.  [/quote]

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