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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Feel free to rewatch the 10/17/18 livestream from the discussion

https://www.apsva.us/engage/livestream/[/quote]

I was there, I don’t need to watch it. [b]There was never any proposal to move any Oakridge units to Drew[/b], with one very important exception: the long, gerrymandered PU that contains the Berkeley complex, and nothing else. That is hardly affluent; it’s being renovated now and when complete, will be the largest CAF in the county. APS estimates it will generate over 100 FRL students. Will be interesting to see where those kids get zoned, not that we don’t already know exactly where.[/quote]

Regarding the map sending the Berkeley to Drew, that was an illustrative map (for proximity) only. It was never a proposal.

PP, please stop spreading misinformation and suggesting that the NCA or the Drew community are exclusionary. I'm a member of both and it is not true. [/quote]

Maybe this is a situation where we all remember events differently. I recall pages and pages of threads where it was mentioned that Drew didn't want families from Oakridge. Not as crazy as the Henry families who claimed Alcova would make Fleet to affluent, but it did happen. Of course, DCUM isn't actually reality.[/quote]

I recall all those threads too, because I posted on many of them trying to dispel this falsehood. First, it wasn't Oakridge b/c the threads your referring to and the livestream you linked were after Map 2 proposed moving Abingdon PUs to Drew. But more importantly, it's just not the case that Drew "wanted" or "didn't want" certain PUs or families. It's not really even the case that there was a coherent "Drew" voice and, while NCA made its views known in previous years, I believe it was fairly quiet as an organization during the boundary process itself. And it's definitely not the case now, months after the boundary lines have been finalized, that Drew wants or doesn't want the kids that are now zoned to it. That's why it's important to please stop spreading this around; the fact is, Drew has a boundary now and no one, whether at Drew or outside looking in, should be making families who will be new to Drew feel unwelcome. [/quote]

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