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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with this fro a PP...

“What I read implied that APS had misrepresented or miscalculated Reed's walkability because they are now spending $$$ to bus kids there. My immediate thought was, well of course the estimated transportation costs went up after they finalized the boundaries, because they probably assumed that all the kids who could walk to Reed would go there. And that someone intimately involved in the process would know that.”

I’m not even half as involved as this woman and I could tell you why Reed suddenly needs more buses.

By the way, the bus and cost implications of the Reed boundary were pointed out to APS repeatedly and also the traffic nightmare they created and it was more important to not upset anyone during a pandemic.

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This is why I won't vote for Mary.  She prioritized one school over what is better for the system as a whole.[/quote]

Assuming for the sake of argument that’s what she did, she was PTA for one school at that time. That was kind of her role to advocate for that school. That does not mean she won’t be looking out for all schools as a SB member. This is just silly.[/quote]

This came up on another thread so interesting to see it come up again.  I think it's interesting to see people assert that it's perfectly normal for a PTA president to advocate for something they know is not for the greater good.  Because that's their job.   If that's what we're all saying is appropriate and normal, PTAs should not be allowed to have such a large voice and sway in the boundary processes.

And we're supposed to now take on face value that really in REAL LIFE she can represent all schools.  It was just this other job where she argued in the self-interest of a portion of the student body.
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Some of the concern about MK is also about how she went about it.  When our elementary school was on the chopping block in the prior round, our PTA advocated strongly for APS to find a different solution.  In doing so, though, there was an explicit decision made by the PTA that it would not throw any other schools under the bus.  Instead, the arguments would be based on the merits of our school site based on APS's stated criteria, and on additional factors and analysis we felt APS should apply to *all* schools potentially under consideration.  There were PTA members who opposed this strategy (and some of them argued in their individual capacity that other specific schools should be considered when the PTA refused to do it), but the board held firm that they would not go after any other school communities.

MK did the opposite.  She and her PTA board identified a couple of schools that she directly and openly argued should be turned into option schools.  From what I understand, the PTA at one of those schools (not the one my children attend) had been considering making a public statement of support for McKinley remaining a neighborhood school for a whole host of reasons, but then decided not to after Kadera started arguing for their own school to become the option site.  [/quote]

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