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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, there is more to the decision then just percentages. It disproportionately favors small schools.[/quote]

If you compare the walkability rankings on a percentage basis to those on a number of students basis, there actually aren't a lot of huge difference. Some schools move up or down by 2 or 3 spots, lots stay the same, only one moves significantly:

[img]https://image.ibb.co/eO9Kao/Rankings2.png[/img][/quote]

Where are you factoring how many Barcrfot kids take buses to schools other than the neighborhood school? There may be a lot of kids living in the walk zone, but many of them are enrolled at option schools. Is there any public info about how many kids who live in the walk zone are actually enrolled at the school? If walkers aren't actually choosing to walk to that school, then maybe it should fall a few spots down the rankings (those kids aren't coming back and it's a gamble to assume that future kids won't follow the same path).

Also, while walkability is a factor, it's not the only factor and it can't be assessed in a vacuum. Making some schools more walkable, or using this as the only decision point, creates other problems, such as more highly segregated schools, or puts a burden on families who need their kids to be on a bus so they don't have to spend 30 minutes of their day walking them to school. [/quote]

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