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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Very thoughtful replies, thanks.

I agree that shifting the families north of Goldsboro to Bannockburn would make geographic sense. By the same token, it seems that you could relieve the pressure on Pyle by sending children from the Wood Acres and Sumner neighborhoods to Westland, which is right next door to both. But then do they go to Whitman or to BCC for high school?

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In the olden days, when I went there, that's what happened - kids in Sumner, Glen Echo Heights and Wood Acres went to Western Jr High (now Westland). Western then split between BCC and Whitman, basically along the current Whitman-BCC boundaries. I think it's easier to spread kids around the ESs, and maybe the middle schools once the new BCC school is built, but both HSs are overcrowded already so sending Sumner/WA kids to BCC doesn't solve anything.

Whitman already has plans to expand just to cover current overcapacity issues - they are already using the WAUD as a classroom and I think the day care is already projected to leave.

I am still not convinced that the development will bring hordes of children, although certainly some, and probably more than the schools can handle. There won't be $500k townhouses as one person said because that isn't economical for the developer, they will be $1m+ townhouses like the EYA ones. Of course seniors moving from their homes into condos will free up SFHs for families with kids but these neighborhoods have been around since the 50s so those transitions have already been happening for years.

I am actually not opposed to redeveloping that area - it really is ugly and not terribly functional. Other than the Giant I really don't go to any of the other shops there. Westwood2 is even worse - a waste of commercial space.[/quote]

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