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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not gonna lie, if they move to Kingsbury, I will be thrilled! (LAMB parent here). The campus is beautiful - and within walking distance! Hopefully then they will consider some sort of bus system for the folks not in Ward 4. [/quote]

If they don't, be prepared for a battle. Wards 5 6 7 8 won't let this slide. [/quote]

LAMB is not going to organize a bus system. If parents want one, the parents will have to organize and pay for it.

Wards 6, 7, and 8 account for 12% of current enrollment. A material percentage, but still very much a minority. I don't know how much W5 families (as I'm not one) will fight a consolidation at Kingsbury. We, parents, knew Walter Reed is our future for MS and HS.[/quote]

Then be prepared for letters to come in from parents who feel this is a great way to whiten the white school.

And also be prepared for us to testify to the fact that other schools are expanding into wards 8 (Mundo, stokes). Why should lamb be approved to go in the other direction.  We will force their hand.

And of course I love how this move, so close to another good bilingual school reduces bilingual access to the rest of the city. Now the rich get two tries to get into a bilingual school.

I don't care what the school wants or doesn't want. They will be forced into it. 
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What location are you advocating for? Which bilingual school will it be so close to? Have you been to Ward 4 lately? Sure housing prices are rising, but currently I would say it is the most economically integrated ward in the city.  Sure LAMB is whiter than a majority black charter school, but it is definitely more diverse than any of the schools west of the park and the most diverse I've seen, in terms of mixed representation, not just majority black, majority white etc.[/quote]

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