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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I don't get it why Kenmore has to be a neighborhood HS.  If it won't have all the ammenities in the beginning, why not make it an option school?  Then, those who don't care about a pool or would prefer a smaller school, can elect to go there.  It seems so obvious![/quote]

When it is first built as 1300 seats it won't be a neighborhood school. [/quote]

So the equity argument isn't valid.[/quote]

APS and the School Board have explicitly stated that IF the Kenmore or Career Center sites are chosen, they would have a defined boundary. I don't believe they have explained WHY it could not be a choice program in either of those locations, but that is what they have decided. So while I support the idea of a choice program school being built at either site now that could eventually grow to be comprehensive in the future, I do not support building a "less than" school with a defined boundary, at least not until a clear community process has taken place that guarantees access for all students, regardless of boundary, to equitable amenities.

That said, I have told the Glen Carlyn neighborhood residents I know that they should be organizing to shape the inevitable development rather than attempting to block it. If their stance is only "we don't want anything," they're going to wind up without a say. The county is not just going to sit on its large parcels of land. [/quote]

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