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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's refresh everyone on what a neighborhood-school is supposed to be about.  We are all supposed to live near each other and its supposed to be a community.  If I am in a PU that gets bused to TJ I don't want to now get bused to freaking Williamsburg and not be with any people near me just so some N Arlington jerks can still walk to school.

I'm sure that's just a rumor but it's freaking outrageous.[/quote]

Yeah it is hard for kids to remain friends with other kids who live close by when they go to different schools. This would be awful. [/quote]
The community is defined by the boundaries drawn by by APS.  Your neighbors would still go to the same school, unless you happen to be right on a boundary.  And boundaries have to be somewhere.  It's not really a change from the status quo.  It's just a question of what methodology and inputs APS uses to decide the boundary map.  [/quote]

When boundaries are not contiguous there is no community.  Sorry but some bused island over by TJ or Kenmore is not going to be part of the school community no matter how you spin it.[/quote]
That's crazy.  Option schools have plenty of community.  And MS and HS boundaries are already large.  APS has already said it won't create small islands of PUs.  Trying to preserve walk zones shouldn't do anything crazy.[/quote]

I bet you're talking about elementary option schools. Things get different in middle school when your parents aren't scheduling playdates, and option schools have made an effort to build community. A non-options school isn't going to do that. [/quote]

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