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[quote=Anonymous]This post is a few days late based on the ebb and flow of this thread.

I am one of the parents who can see ASFS from my yard and I am zoned to Taylor.  Yes I signed the petition, and yes I did read the whole thing...every word.  I do not agree with every word of it, but I agree with most of it.  For me and my family the issue is not a question of Taylor being an inferior school to ASFS it all has to due with proximity.  Can someone explain to me a rational reason why it makes sense that am zoned to a "neighborhood school" (Taylor) which requires busing and is 2 miles away from me, when I can walk to the ASFS in 2 minutes?  I understand the history of the boundaries.  That doesn't necessarily mean the boundary decision was the best decision 20 years ago and it doesn't mean it is right today.  I would guess that the decision was a classic example of satisficing.

When I bought my house I knew it was not zoned to ASFS, but I also knew that government, in this case Arlington, needed to be adaptive and responsive to the needs and desires of its constituents.  What you see now is that process in work.  Clearly there is at least a moderate size group of people/parents who agree with me.  I do not harbor any animosity towards those who are currently going there and I will listen to their points of view.  I believe keeping the ASFS zoning out of the discussion is copout by the school board who would rather satisfice and make an easier half-measured decision, then make a harder, comprehensive, and better county-wide boundary decision.

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