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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The boundary analysis that was done a few years ago took anyone within a school's walk zone off the table for reassignment. They explained the rational in their analysis.[/quote]

No, it didn't, because it couldn't have. Here's what it did do: in their models about the effects of incremental boundary changes between neighboring, contiguous zones, they kept the areas that are walk zones assigned to their current schools.

"[i]In our models, some areas are “frozen,” meaning they cannot be reassigned [BY THE MODEL] to a
different school attendance area. Frozen areas were selected manually. All areas
immediately surrounding a school location, and within the school’s walk zone, are
frozen. Frozen areas are different for each school level.

Freezing areas at the core of each school attendance area prevents the models from
exploring nonsensical possibilities, generally keeping the shapes of boundaries
similar to their current boundaries. This approach implicitly maximizes assigned
stability by design.[/i]"

The Board of Education could decide to reassign an area in a walk zone to a different school. I wouldn't expect them to do so, in general, but they could do it. One obvious case would be where the same area would be in the walk zone for more than one school.

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Well on page 35 of the study under the heading [b]"Frozen Areas"[/b] it states: [i]"In our models, some areas are “frozen,” meaning they cannot be reassigned to a different school attendance area. Frozen areas were selected manually. All areas immediately surrounding a school location, and within the school’s walk zone, are frozen. Frozen areas are different for each school level.

Freezing areas at the core of each school attendance area prevents the models from exploring nonsensical possibilities, generally keeping the shapes of boundaries similar to their current boundaries. This approach implicitly maximizes assigned stability by design.[/i]"

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/publicinfo/Boundary_Analysis/BoundaryAnalysis_Final%20Report.pdf[/quote]

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