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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^I wasn't in the SAWG but I did go to the meetings about what was going to happen at Drew. The parent and PTA communities from Abingdon, Henry, Hoffman-Boston, Oakridge, and I think Randolph too were all participating from the start, because those schools could potentially send students to Drew. I frankly do not understand how there could have been any sort of commitment to draw from only Hoffman-Boston and Oakridge, because doing so doesn't make geographical or numeric sense. [/quote]

Oakridge isn't included at all In the current proposal. One of the reasons why the SAWG voted the way we did was to help alleviate Oakridge by creating room in Drew. [/quote]

I appreciate that but it was included as a possible source for students when the Drew process started. Oakridge is getting relief via Hoffman Boston, no?

What was the SAWG vote you mean? I guess I don't follow.[/quote]

We voted to build an elementary school on TJ lot. Patrick Henry would go to Fleet. Montessori would move into PH which would leave spots open for Oakridge. That was the reasoning behind the vote.  The neighborhoods in the west were never considered. This is a complete surprise.[/quote]

We voted on building at TJ and Montessri moving, not on what the boundaries of each neighborhood school would be (Fleet included). I think they let go of the idea of moving Oakridge to Drew because it would mean moving The Berkley, making Oakridge significantly less diverse and making the economic situation at Drew even more dire. Oakridge still get relief by moving those PUs to Hoffman Boston. I need to crunch some numbers, but I think there is a better way that is more contiguous/proximate and better for Drew.  [/quote]

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