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Worse yet, there are false narratives put forth about APS rushing this through or not looking at the numbers.  If you see the big picture and understand how long these changes have been in the works, you will know the truth.

This is not to defend APS and say that they are blameless and have done everything right.  They haven’t.  One of the biggest mistakes they have made has been delaying these changes for as long as they have.

In the end, the proposed changes to the Enrollment and Transfer Policy are intended to [b]BEGIN[/b] solving some really, really hard problems and it is long overdue.  It is just the beginning and the solution is not perfect, but it is a step in the right direction.  And even if it will stress certain areas a bit more, on the whole, it will begin the process of addressing some systemic problems that ultimately affect us all.

APS has been seriously considering changes to the Enrollment and Transfer Policy for quite a few years.  APS has also been looking at the numbers very carefully.  It may not always seem like it, when it may negatively affect a specific area that you care about, but it is true.
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Here's the problem: APS has been so wrong about numbers for so long that people are (rightly) suspicious of any claims that they've gotten it right this time. And while a new transfer policy and new boundaries make sense, capitulating to Nancy Van Tantrum and the addition of sibling preference at the secondary level are the most significant and least logical changes.

We're in the Key/ASFS zone, and I support making Key countywide and ASFS neighborhood, but ONLY if ASFS's neighborhood becomes its actual neighborhood, with the boundaries redrawn to bring in some lower income kids who currently get shipped to Ashlawn. LV can go wherever, because virtually none of them are going to walk to ASFS (and note the "virtually" -- if you walk, good for you, but you are the exception and you know it). A short bus ride is not a problem.[/quote]

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