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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly how many students need to be moved out of Gunston? More than 300? If you take the 300 in immersion and move them to WMS and then move kids into Hamm with boundaries is that not fixing the issue of too few kids at WMS and Hamm and too many at Gunston? You act as if the only ways to move students are the two maps/scenarios they put out to bolster their foregone decision. It’s not. Immersion out of Gunston to WMS, shift TJ/Swanson PUs to Hamm and I think we’re there. I’m not saying this is the best way, but it is a possibility and should be looked at in terms of how many buses it requires and how many neighborhood students would be moved/realigned. That hasn’t happened, and “because it’s bad for
Immersion” doesn’t cut it. [/quote]
If a significant number of immersion students zoned for Gunston, Kenmore and TJ don't agree to move to WMS (highly likely), then you haven't moved 300 students.  You are back in the same pickle with needing to move neighborhood boundaries to move more students north.  You've harmed the program without accomplishing your objective of protecting a few Taylor students from being rezoned.[/quote]

Why would Kenmore and TJ students refuse WMS, its about the same distance and in fact Kenmore to WMS is shorter than Kenmore to Gunston.

I have no idea how many immersion students originate from Gunston, that is not show in transfer report I saw. [/quote]
Perhaps read the thread?  Goodness.  This has been well discussed.[/quote]

The thread says WMS is too far north, yet WMS is CLOSER to Kenmore than the current Gunston commute. So there is no reason  [/quote]
Why is this a relevant metric?  I haven't heard of any immersion students who are zoned for WMS saying that Kenmore is too far (though there are concerns about traffic and safety).  And there are a lot of immersion students who live further south than Kenmore.  They are the ones for whom distance to WMS would be an issue.

This point also disregards the lack of EL support at WMS, the feeder pattern issue to Wakefield vs Yorktown, the lack of proximity to public transit, the lack of proximity to an Hispanic community, the lack of diversity at WMS, the historic issues around busing, etc.  [/quote]

They will move teachers and resources, it’s not rocket science. Why does Feeder pattern matter — they will be going with their immersion cohort, just like they did going to middle school rather than with their neighborhood.  Again why does proximity of Hispanic community matter — are they taking daily field trips to the bodega?? They are bused from Kenmore to Gunston, they can take the shorter bus ride to WMS. Lack of diversity— moving immersion literally helps fix that![/quote]

Why are you focused on Kenmore? What about the students who are closer to Gunston, and who make-up more of the immersion program? [/quote]

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