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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's not forget there is a rezoning going on as well. In the popular school neighborhood of Murch and Janney the school zone borders will change. This concerns a significant group of parents / families. These people are the among the closest to Murch or Janney respectively, like literally 2- 3 blocks away. Their newly assigned school would be Hearst, which is one mile away. Say goodbye to walkability

In the choice set their schools would be: Hearst (at 1 mile), Eaton (at 1.4 miles) and Oyster (at 2.7 miles)!!!! what on earth can this mean in terms of proximity, walkability, neighborhood preference??

Furthermore, these families are a stone's throw away from Deal as middle school. Because of the rezoning to Hearst at one block away, their middle school would be Hardy at 2.7 miles!!

What kind of urban planning disaster is this?[/quote]

In which option is Hearst rezoned for Deal?  Eaton is, but not Hearst.

Also, I agree this is very upsetting for these families (and the schools whom these families are a part of) and, at least at Janney, the school is not currently overcrowded with the renovation that is happening and the DME paperwork acknowledged that.  That said, there are many, many houses within the Hearst boundary that are very close to Janney, walkable to Janney and much farther away to Hearst.  That is the nature of how the schools were placed.  They are in a cluster with houses moving outward from them.  The families in the middle are closer to all three than the families on the outer edges of the boundaries.  There is, however, no way to move the schools or assign the families farther away to Hearst without having those families pass Janney on their way to Hearst, which is even more ridiculous.  And those families moved to Hearst are no farther than many families within the boundaries.  Given that the DME states in its paperwork that it is trying to further walkability with the changes it needs to acknowledge that it is actually taking walkable homes within boundaries and making them unwalkable.

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