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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are they soliciting input on factors? I thought they already had 6 factors they use. Why different from middle school thing?[/quote]

They do but one of those factors is proximity.  Learning from the middle school process, APS is trying to get a sense from the community of what planning units are actually really walkable to different schools, and which would be walkable with certain improvements such as adding a crossing guard or a crosswalk or other safety measures.  APS has maps but the staff doesn't know every single street and every single route in-person so they are trying to understand what communities might actually be walkable to various schools, that is in close-enough proximity.

Units may be walkable to more than one school, my own unit is actually in the walk zone of three elementary schools.  This process right now is not determining the final boundaries, it is understanding what the landscape looks like, and if they find schools or regions that may have excess capacity while other parts of the county need more, then it helps them evaluate whether one option is to shuffle the location of the lottery or choice schools.[/quote]

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