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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is pretty aggressive. You must be threatened by the boundary changes. I am sure Columbia Heights was convening at their "town square" Columbia Pike in the rain as well....[/quote]

The difference is the CH families never claimed to be walkers. They have very simply asked to keep their community together, because they supported giving Nauck a neighborhood school in Drew and sacrificed their physical neighborhood school building location to accommodate giving Nauck a neighborhood school. They were told the whole Henry community would go to Fleet. CH families also haven't retracted comments from the walk zone survey stating they need a bus b/c it's too dangerous to walk to school like the SF families did. CH never called out another neighborhood and pointed at them and demanded APS create a map that moves them. CH families are classy, intelligent and polite and have been so from the start and no I don't live in CH, but I sure do respect their grace and composure. [/quote]

No, Henry folks have behaved just as badly. Nobody can claim any higher ground here. We all use what we got. There’s no special zone of morality in CH. [/quote]

Don’t stop with the accusation. Back it up with facts and examples, please. [/quote]

See the person on AEM who threw in the fact that the Henry principal tragically died a couple of years ago as a reason to keep the entire school together.  Some of those kids weren't even there at that time.  It's emotional blackmail, and pretty shitty.  Even other Henry parents agreed.[/quote]

Yeah, that was horrible and appalling. She's not a current Henry parent and doesn't speak for anyone I know. But FWIW, that terrible tragedy happened last April, so not even a full year ago. I don't think it's a reason to keep the school together, but it is recent and raw, which is another reason it was horrible to bring up.

My guess is the kids are mostly fine, but not so the teachers and staff. And parents.[/quote]

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