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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no clue what’s going to happen to ASFS.  I see no viable boundary solution for it.[/quote]

Yeah, this is generating a lot of uncertainty for the entire key and taylro zones.[/quote]

Switching ASFS and Key seems like the easiest path for the board right now because then they don't really have to rezone anyone. They switch the faculty some specialty stuff (yes, expensive PITA, but then it's done) and tell the students to just report to the same program, different location. Status quo means redistricting a lot of students, so it isn't really status quo and moving Key somewhere else entirely means finding another building and AND a lot of redistricting. Mess. [/quote]

They can't just switch and do nothing else because they changed the transfer policy. The immersion program at Key will now be lottery with no neighborhood preference. They will have to adjust boundaries too. So this isn't a quick fix. [/quote]

They could do a pretty minor fix to the key boundary to push some more kids to taylor to address current overcrowding.  If you look at the actual transfer numbers, sending the portion of ASFS that is not zoned to key back to their home school opens up over a hundred seats (maybe closer to 200).  That and pushing some parts that are already surrounded by taylor (for example the units north of lee highway, not to single anyone out) frees up a lot of room.  Jamestown could absorb some of taylor to compensate.

The ASFS PTA really overblew the effect of the transfer policy when telling parents about it this year.  It doesn't have an effect until next year, and while there does need to be an adjustment of boundaries, keep the school where it is doesn't serve any of its current students.  Only three planning units from the current key zone live within a mile of the school.  [/quote]

The Jamestown borders already reach down very close to Taylor. Moving any more of them would cut into the Taylor walk zone. That's not going to happen.[/quote]

I think some of Taylor's "one mile walk zone" is not really walkable per the maps. It's possible that some PUs could be moved to Jamestown if they aren't in Taylor's "effective walk zone." [/quote]
There’s overlap between Taylor’s expanded walk zone and the expanded walk zone for Asfs.  I’m not sure both can exist as neighborhood schools without making an arm from Rosslyn to Taylor.  [/quote]

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