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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster. I agree Shepard and Bancroft should feed elsewhere. They do look to have gained a gerrymander via some political deal.

The only reason I can see that makes any sense is that DME looked at the available Deal/Wilson seats, decided she could fit in a few more kids, and that Shep/Bancroft just had the political pull (or got lucky) to be the ones selected.

But if there really are more available seats at Deal/Wilson, I think it makes more sense to put them into the openly available lottery rather than reserve them for Shep/Bancroft.

Does DME describe any justification anywhere for giving this special favor to Shep/Bancroft?[/quote]

It goes back for some decades. Even before a DME office was established. These schools will NEVER be zoned out of DEAL/Wilson regardless of the opposition.[/quote]

As I've said before, the boundaries were last revisited in the 1960s. Everyone's current boundaries go back decades (except in cases where schools have closed). Ask residents of Crestwood what decades of feeding to Deal and Wilson gets you.

The simple fact is that the DME looked at the current Deal feeders, decided one had to be eliminated, and chose the one that was already a dual feeder. Problem solved. No conspiracies or back room deals. 
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