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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand this Key vs. ASFS argument. Why would it be a good idea to have the programs swap similarly sized buildings? That's silly and wasteful. The ASFS building is better set up to transition to a STEAM neighborhood school, given the investment in the science labs that have already been made. Why would you want this? Presumably, you are upset that your neighborhood school will be further away from you. But what of the kids who live closer to ASFS now and could be zoned there? This is probably something they'd like. I have seen many parents on here saying that it should be a neighborhood school because then they could have a walkable school. I think there could be walkers to either school, probably of equal numbers, once they reconfigure the boundaries. To have the established programs swap school buildings would seem to be be wasteful and without sufficient reason. Are you worried that you wouldn't end up zoned for ASFS? Is that what this about? Trying to understand. [/quote]
It's strange that there is no walk zone for asfs-- all kids that live within 0.4 miles are zoned for Taylor.  I am zoned for key and chose asfs, so I don't see any issue with the current arrangement.  The people in the asfs neighborhood strongly disagree-- you talk to anyone in that neighborhood and they are pissed that they can't even lottery in anymore.  So let's say asfs transitions to the neighborhood school, why are the kids in that neighborhood not zoned for it?   So they redraw the lines, and either they put half of the key district somewhere else (longbranch? Jamestown?) because a significant amount of Taylor is now zoned for asfs or asfs gets three more planning units assigned to it.   Either way it seems like the key district will get screwed.   If they keep boundary lines the same, then it seems fine, but considering asfs was mentioned by name in the first community feedback meeting as an example of how options are bad and the current zoning is screwed up, I doubt that will happen.  [/quote]

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