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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am furious that they would even entertain the McK PTA map. [/quote] This. And then they slap themselves on the back for "listening to the community." No, you just listened to one small, vocal faction. [/quote] And the McKinley PTA is driven by the predictable neighborhoods. The McKinley PTA doesn't even represent everyone. [b]This proposal is NOT beneficial for McKinley as a whole if these kids end up in another overcrowded school.[/b][/quote] Your perspective on this depends on where you sit. 40% of the current school is being offloaded to other schools in the initial proposal. Hundreds of those kids will move from a vastly overcrowded McKinley to vastly overcrowded Ashlawn and vastly overcrowded Glebe. [/quote] Totally agree. As stated, this proposal is not beneficial for 60% of McKinley. Yet the PTA is pushing it.[/quote] We're not at McKinley, but my kids are affected by this proposal. Help me understand- who is the McKinley PTA speaking for then? Are other people speaking up separately?[/quote] McKinley PTA did a community survey and shared the results with everyone. The majority of people who responded to the survey were from DH and MM planning units (and plenty of people didn't respond at all to the survey). So the DH and MM factions of the community drive the PTA position (and put in the time to do so kudos to them) even though they are not the majority of McKinley. The PTA used the survey results to shape what "the community" wants and sent a letter to APS and did not disclose what planning units made up the responses to their community survey. I know many people who write to the School Board individually but those people don't get an audience with School Board members personally and don't get to write their thoughts up on PTA letterhead. The truth is lots of families will end up in Reed either way and aren't paying attention to any of this. Someone said it earlier in this thread. These families will show up to an overcrowded school (or the school will get there in year 2 or 3) and be looking around for the idiots who caused this to happen.[/quote]
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