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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with the FPAC recommendations is that they are based on enrollment projections that they have not scrutinized and that historically have not been accurate beyond a one-year period (and sometimes not even then).  The School Board should not change center assignments or school boundaries without subjecting those projections to far greater scrutiny.  Otherwise the Staff simply games the projections to support whatever outcome it desires.

The 2008 redistricting to South Lakes is a prime example.  South Lakes is now the most overcrowded high school in the county (and getting an addition that had not been planned) all because the School Board refused to listen to parents who pointed out that the school's enrollment would rebound without a boundary change.  In other instances, the Staff projections have greatly overestimated the number of students who would be attending schools.  [/quote]

I agree, but like transportation, those projections drive everything. My working theory is that they are absolutely terrible in high FARMs, high mobility schools. Are they as bad in the higher SES areas?[/quote]

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